Chapter 1 Flashcards by Hannah Zamerowski

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Root

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Foundation of the word

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Suffix

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The word ending

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Combining vowel

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Usually an “o”, links the root to the suffix or the root to another root

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Prefix

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Beginning of a term

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Bi/o

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Life

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Carcin/o

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Cancerous

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cerebr/o

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Cerebrum(the largest part of the brain)

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Cis/o

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To cut

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Crin/o

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To secrete(to form and give off)

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Cyst/o

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Urinary bladder;a sac or a cyst(sac containing fluid)

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Derm/o

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Skin

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Dermat/o

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Skin

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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Encephal/o

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Brain

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Enter/o

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Intestines(usually the small intestine)

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Glyc/o

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Sugar

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Gnos/o

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Knowledge

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Gynec/o

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Woman, female

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Hemat/o

Hem/o

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Blood

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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iatr/o

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Treatment/physician

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Leuk/o

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White

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Log/o

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Study of

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Nephr/o

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Kidney

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Onc/o

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Tumor(cancerous)

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Ophthalm/o

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Eye

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Path/o

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Disease

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Ped/o

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Child

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Psych/o

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Mind

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Radi/o

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X-rays

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Ren/o

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Kidney

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Rhin/o

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Nose

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Sarc/o

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Flesh

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Sect/o

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To cut

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Thromb/o

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Clot,clotting

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Ur/o

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Urinary tract, urine

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-ac

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Pertaining to

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-al

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Pertaining to

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-algia

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Pain

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-cyte

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Cell

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-ectomy

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Excision, removal

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-emia

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Blood condition

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-genic

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Pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in

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-globin

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Protein

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-gram

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Record

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-ic, -ical

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Pertaining to

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-ion

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Process

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-ist

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Specialist

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-logy

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Process of study

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-oma

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Tumor, mass, swelling

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-opsy

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Process of viewing

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-osis

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Condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)

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-pathy

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Disease condition

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-scope

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Instrument to visually examine

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-scopy

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Process of visually examining

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-sis

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State of, condition

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-tomy

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Process of cutting, incision

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-y

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Process, condition

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a-, an-

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No, not, without

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-aut, -auto

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Self,own

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dia-

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Complete, through

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endo-

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Within

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-epi

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Above, upon

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ex-, exo-

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Out, outside of, outward

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hyper-

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Excessive, above, more than normal

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hypo-

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Deficient, below, under, less than normal

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in-

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Into, in

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peri-

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surrounding, around

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pro-

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Before, forward

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re-

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Back, backward, again

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retro-

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Behind

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sub-

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Below, under

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trans-

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Across, through