Chapter 1 - Basic Word Structure Flashcards
Angi/o
Vessel
Aden/o
Gland
Arteri/o
Artery
Arthr/o
Joint
Bronch/o
Bronchus
Cardi/o
Heart
Cephal/o
Head
Cerebr/o
Cerebrum
Chondr/o
Cartilage
Cis/o
To cut
Col/o
Colon, large intestine
Cyst/o
Sac, bladder, cyst
Cyt/o
Cell
Derm/o
Demat/o
Skin
Electr/o
Electricity, electrical activity
Encephal/o
Brain
Enter/o
Intestine
Erythr/o
Red
Fibr/o
Fibre
Gastr/o
Stomach
Haem/o
Haemat/o
Blood
Hepat/o
Liver
Hyster/o
Uterus
Lymph/o
Lymphoid tissue, lymph gland
Lingu/o
Tongue
Mast/o
Breast
Metr/o
Uterus
Morph/o
Form
Myel/o
Bone marrow, spinal cord
My/o
Muscle
Nephr/o
Kidney
Neur/o
Nerve
Opt/o
Eye, vision
Oste/o
Bone
Phleb/o
Vein
Pneum/o
Pneumon/o
Lungs, respiration, air
Psych/o
Mind
Pyel/o
Pelvis of kidney
Rhin/o
Nose
Salpin/o
Fallopian tube
Thorac/o
Chest
Trache/o
Trachea
Ur/o
Urine, urinary tract
Uter/o
Uterus
Vas/o
Vessel, vas deferens, duct
An-
No, not, without, absence of
Ante-
Before, forward
Auto-
Self
Bi-
Two, twice, double
Circum-
Around, about
Di-
Double, twice
Dia-
Through, across
Dys-
Bad, painful, difficult
Endo-
Within, inside, inner
Epi-
Above, upon, on
Hemi-
Half
Hyper-
Above, excessive
Hypo-
Below, under, deficient, less than normal
Inter-
Between
Par-
Aside, beyond, apart from, other than, near
Peri-
Around, surrounding
Post-
After, behind
Pre-
Before, in front of
Retro-
Backward, behind
Semi-
Half
Sub-
Under, below
Super-
Above, excessive
Sym-
Syn-
Together, with
Trans-
Across, through, over
-aemia
Condition of blood
-al
Pertaining to
-algia
Condition of pain
-cyte
Cell
-derma
Skin
-ectomy
Excision, surgical removal
-genic
Pertaining to formation, producing
-gram
Record, writing
-iac
Pertaining to
-ic
Pertaining to
-ist
One who specialises in
-itis
Inflammation
-logy
Study of
-oid
Derived from, resembling
-oma
Tumour
-osis
Abnormal condition
-ous
Composed of
-pathy
Disease, condition
-plasty
Surgical, plastic repair
-scope
Instrument to view
-scopy
Process of viewing
-sis
State of
-tomy
Incision, cut into