chapter 1 & 2 Flashcards
1
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aden/o
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gland
2
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arthr/o
A
joint
3
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bi/o
A
life
4
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carcin/o
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cancerous, cancer
5
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cardi/o
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heart
6
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cephal/o
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head
7
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cerbr/o
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cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
8
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cis/o
A
to cut
9
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crin/o
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to secrete (to form and give off)
10
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
11
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cyt/o
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cell
12
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derm/o
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skin
13
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dermat/o
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skin
14
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electr/o
A
electricity
15
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encephal/o
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brain
16
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enter/o
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intestines (usually the small intestine)
17
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erythr/o
A
red
18
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gastr/o
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stomach
19
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glyc/o
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sugar
20
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gnos/o
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knowledge
21
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gynec/o
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woman, female
22
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hemat/o
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blood
23
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hem/o
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blood
24
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hepat/o
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liver
25
iatr/o
treatment, physician
26
leuk/o
white
27
log/o
study of
28
nephr/o
kidney
29
neur/o
nerve
30
onc/o
tumor
31
ophthalm/o
eye
32
oste/o
bone
33
path/o
disease
34
ped/o
child
35
psych/o
mind
36
radi/o
x-rays
37
ren/o
kidney
38
rhin/o
nose
39
sarc/o
flesh
40
sect/o
to cut
41
thromb/o
colt, clotting
42
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
43
-ac
pertaining to
44
-al
pertaining to
45
-algia
pain
46
-cyte
cell
47
-ectomy
excision, removal
48
-emia
blood condition
49
-genic
pertaining to, producing, produced by, or produced in
50
-globin
protien
51
-gram
record
52
-ic, ical
pertaining to
53
-ion
process
54
-ist
specialist
55
-itis
inflammation
56
-logy
process of study
57
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
58
-opsy
process of viewing
59
-osis
condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
60
-pathy
disease condition
61
-scope
instrument to visually examine
62
-scopy
process of visually examining
63
-sis
state of; condition
64
-tomy
process of cutting, incision
65
-y
process, condition
66
a-, an-
no, not, without
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aut-, auto-
self, own
68
dia-
complete, through
69
endo-
within
70
epi-
above, upon
71
ex-,exo-
out, outside of, outward
72
hyper-
excessive, above, more than normal
73
in-
into, in
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peri-
surrounding, around
75
pro-
before, forward
76
re-
back, backward, again
77
retro-
behind
78
sub-
below, under
79
trans-
across, through
