Chapter 1 Flashcards
1
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root
A
foundation of the term
2
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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 (usually o) that links the root of the suffix or the root to another root
5
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combining form
A
combination of the root and the combining vowel
6
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aden/o
A
gland
7
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arthr/o
A
joint
8
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bi/o
A
life
9
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carcin/o
A
cancerous, cancer
10
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cardi/o
A
heart
11
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cephal/o
A
head
12
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cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
13
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cis/o
A
to cut
14
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crin/o
A
to secrete
15
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cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
16
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cyt/o
A
cell
17
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derm/o, dermat/o
A
skin
18
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electr/o
A
electricity
19
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encephal/o
A
brain
20
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enter/o
A
intestines
21
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erythr/o
A
red
22
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gastr/o
A
stomach
23
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glyc/o
A
sugar
24
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gnos/o
A
knowledge
25
gynec/o
woman, female
26
hemat/o, hem/o
blood
27
hepat/o
liver
28
iatr/o
treatment, physician
29
leuk/o
white
30
log/o
study of
31
nephr/o
kidney
32
neur/o, ren/o
nerve
33
onc/o
tumor
34
ophthalm/o
eye
35
oste/o
bone
36
path/o
disease
37
ped/o
child
38
psych/o
mind
39
radi/o
x-rays
40
rhin/o
nose
41
sarc/o
flesh
42
sect/o
to cut
43
thromb/o
clot, clotting
44
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
45
-ac, -al, -genic, -ic, -ical
pertaining to
46
-algia
pain
47
-cyte
cell
48
-ectomy
excision, removal
49
-emia
blood condition
50
-globin
protein
51
-gram
record
52
-ion
process
53
-ist
specialist
54
-itis
inflammation
55
-logy
process of study
56
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
57
-opsy
process of viewing
58
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
59
-pathy
disease condition
60
-scope
instrument to visually examine
61
-scopy
process of visually examining
62
-sis
state of, condition
63
-tomy
process of cutting, incision
64
-y
process, condition
65
a-, an-
no, not, without
66
aut-, auto-
self, own
67
dia-
complete, through
68
endo-
within
69
epi-
above, upon
70
ex-, exo-
out, outside of, outward
71
hyper-
excessive, above, more than normal
72
hypo-
deficient, below, under, less than normal
73
in-
into, in
74
peri-
surrounding, around
75
pro-
before, forward
76
re-
back, backward, again
77
retro-
behind
78
sub-
below, under
79
trans-
across, through
