Chapter 1: Basic Word Structure Flashcards by JOSEPH GONZALEZ

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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, cancer

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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, largest part of the brain

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Cis/o

A

To cut

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Crin/o

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To secrete

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Cyst/o

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Urinary bladder, a sac, or cyst. (Sac with fluid)

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Derm/o

A

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 small intestine

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Erythr/o

A

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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Gynec/o

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Woman, female

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Hem/o

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Blood

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Hemat/o

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Blood

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Iatr/o

A

Treatment, physician

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Leuk/o

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White

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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

A

Tumor

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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

A

Flesh (malignant/cancerous)

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Sect/o

A

To cut

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Thromb/o

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Clot, clotting

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Ur/o

A

Urinary tract, urine

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-ac

A

Pertaining to

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-al

A

Pertaining to

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-algia

A

Pain

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-cyte

A

Cell

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-ectomy

A

Excision, removal

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-emia

A

Blood condition

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-globin

A

Protein

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-genic

A

Pertains to producing, produced by, produced in

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-gram

A

Record

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-ic

A

Pertaining to

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-ion

A

Process

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-ical

A

Pertaining to

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-ist

A

Specialist

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-itis

A

Inflammation

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-logy

A

Process of study

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-oma

A

Tumor, mass, swelling

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-opsy

A

Process of viewing

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-osis

A

Conditional, usually abnormal condition

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-pathy

A

Disease

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-scope

A

Instrument used to visually examine

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-scopy

A

Process of visually examining

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-sis

A

State of; condition

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-tomy

A

Process of cutting, incision

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-y

A

Process, condition

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A-

A

No, not, without

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An-

A

No, not, without

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Aut-

A

Self, own

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Auto-

A

Self, own

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Dia-

A

Complete, through

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Endo-

A

Within

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Epi-

A

Above, upon

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Ex-

A

Out, outside, outward

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Exo-

A

Out, outside, outward

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Hyper-

A

Excessive, above, more than normal

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Hypo-

A

Deficient, below, under, less than normal

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In-

A

Into, in

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Peri-

A

Surrounding, around

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Pro-

A

Before, forward

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Re-

A

Back, backward, again

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Aden/o

A

Gland

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Retro-

A

Behind

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sub-

A

below, under

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trans-

A

across, through