Chapter 1 Flashcards
Aden/o
Gland
(ex. adenoma)
Athr/o
Joint
(ex. Arthritis)
Bi/o
Life
(ex. biology)
Carcin/o
Cancerous/Cancer
(ex. Carcinoma)
Cardi/o
Heart
(ex. Cardiology)
Cephal/o
Head
(ex. Cephalic)
Cerebr/o
Cerebrum
cis/o
to cut
(ex. incision)
crin/o
to secrete
(ex. endocrine glands)
cyst/o
urinary bladder; a sac or cyst
(ex. cystoscopy)
cyt/o
cell
( ex. cytoplasm)
derm/o
skin
dermat/o
Skin
(ex. dermatologist)
electr/o
electricity
(ex. electrocardiography)
encephal/o
Brain
(ex. EEG)
enter/o
intestines
erythr/o
Red
(ex. erythromycin)
gastr/o
stomach
(ex. gastrointestinal)
glyc/o
suger
(ex. hyperglycemia)
gnos/o
knowledge
(ex. prognosis [knowledge before])
gynec/o
woman, female
(ex. gynecologist)
hemat/o
blood
(ex. hematoma)
hem/o
blood
(ex. hemoglobin)
hepat/o
liver
(ex. hepatitis)
iatr/o
treatment, physician
(ex. iatrogenic)
leuk/o
white
(ex. leukemia)
log/o
study of
(ex. biology)
nephr/o
kidney
(ex. nephrologist)
neur/o
nerve
(ex. neurological)
onc/o
tumor (cancerous)
(ex. oncology)
ophthalm/o
eye
(ex. ophthalmologist)
oste/o
bone
(ex. osteoarthritis)
path/o
disease
(ex. pathogen)
ped/o
child
(ex. pediatrician)
psych/o
ming
(ex. psychologist)
radi/o
x-rays
(ex. radiologists)
ren/o
Kidney
(ex. renal failure)
rhin/o
nose
(ex. rhinoplasty)
sarc/o
flesh
(ex. sarcoma)
sect/o
to cut
(ex. dissection)
thromb/o
clot, clotting
(ex. thrombosis)
ur/o
urinary tract
(ex. urology)
-ac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-cyte
cell
-ectomy
removal; excision; resection
-emia
blood condition
-genic
produced by or in
-globin
protein
-gram
record
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
-ion
process
-ist
specialist
-itis
inflammation
-logy
study (process of)
-oma
tumor; mass; fluid collection
-opsy
view of
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
-pathy
disease condition
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopy
visual examination
-sis
state of; condition
-tomy
process of cutting
-y
condition; process
a-, an-
without; no
aut-, auto-
self; own
dia-
complete, through
endo-
in, within
epi-
above; upon; on
ex-, exo-
out; outside of; outward
hyper-
above; excessive
hypo-
below; deficient; less than normal
in-
in; into; not
peri-
surrounding; around
pro-
before; forward
re-
back; again; backward
retro-
behind; back; backward
sub-
under; below
trans-
across; through