chapter 1 Flashcards
basic word structure
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root
A
a foundation of a term
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suffix
A
word ending
3
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prefix
A
word beginning
4
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combining vowel
A
vowel that links the root to the suffix/root to root
5
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combining form
A
combination of the root and the combining vowel
6
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cardi/o
A
heart
7
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hypogastric
A
below the stomach
8
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hematology
A
study of blood
9
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-logy
A
study of
10
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hemat
A
blood
11
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electr
A
electricity
12
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-gram
A
record
13
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grastr
A
stomach
14
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-itis
A
inflammation
15
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enter
A
intestines
16
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hypo
A
below
17
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-ic
A
pertaining to
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epi
A
above
19
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adren/o
A
gland
20
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arthr/o
A
joint
21
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bi/o
A
life
22
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carcin/o
A
cancerous, cancer
23
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cephahl/o
A
head
24
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
25
cis/o
to cut
26
crin/o
to secrete
27
cyst/o
urinary bladder
28
cyt/o
cell
29
derm/o or dermat/o
skin
30
encephal/o
brain
31
erythr/o
red
32
glyc/o
sugar
33
gnos/o
knowledge
34
gynec/o
women(female)
35
hepat/o
liver
36
iatr/o
physician/treatment
37
leuk/o
white
38
nephr/o
kidney
39
neuro/o
nerve
40
onc/o
tumor
41
ophthalm/o
eye
42
oste/o
bone
43
path/o
disease
44
pedo/o
child
45
pysch/o
mind
46
radi/o
x-rays
47
ren/o
kidney
48
rhin/o
nose
49
sarc/o
flesh
50
sect/o
to cut
51
thromb/o
clot
52
ur/o
urinary tract. urine
53
-ac/-al
pertaining to
54
-algia
pain
55
-cyte
cell
56
-ectomy
excision/removal
57
-emia
blood condition
58
-genic
produced by or in
59
-globin
protein
60
-ion
process
61
-ist
specialist
62
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
63
-opsy
process of viewing
64
-osis
abnormal condition
65
-pathy
disease condition
66
-scope
instrument to visually examine
67
-scopy
process of visually examining
68
-sis
state of condition
69
-tomy
process of cutting/incision
70
-y
process/comdition
71
a-/an-
no, not, without
72
aut-/auto
self, own
73
dia-
complete, through
74
end-/endo-
within
75
ex-/exo-
out, outside of, outward
76
hyper-
excessive, above, more than normal
77
hypo-
deficient, below, under, less than normal
78
in-
into, in
79
peri-
surrounding, around
80
pro-
before, foward
81
re-
back, backward, again
82
retro-
behind
83
sub-
below, under
84
trans-
across, through
