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The Language Of Medicine > Chapter 1: Basic Word Structure > Flashcards

Chapter 1: Basic Word Structure Flashcards

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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, 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

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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 cyst (sac containing fluid)

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Derm/o
Dertmat/o

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Skin

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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14
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Encephal/o

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Brain

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15
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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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20
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Gynec/o

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Woman, female

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21
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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

A

Treatment, physician

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24
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Leuk/o

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White

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25
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Log/o

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Study of

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26
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Nephr/o

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Kidney

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27
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Neur/o

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Nerve

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28
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Onc/o

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Tumor (cancerous)

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29
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Ophthalm/o

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Eye

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30
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Oste/o

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Bone

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31
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Path/o

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Disease

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32
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Ped/o

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Child

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33
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Psych/o

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Mind

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Radi/o

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Ren/o

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Rhin/o

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Sarc/o

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Sect/o

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Thromb/o

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Clot, clotting

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Ur/o

A

Urinary tract, urine

41
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-ac

A

Pertaining to (also -al)

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-al

A

Pertaining to (also -ac)

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-algia

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-cyte

45
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-ectomy

A

Excision, removal

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-emia

A

Blood condition

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-genic

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Pertaining to, producing, produced by/in

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-globin

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-gram

50
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-ic, -ical

A

Pertaining to

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-ion

52
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-ist

A

Specialist

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-itis

A

Inflammation

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-logy

A

Process of study

55
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-oma

A

Tumor, mass, swelling

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-opsy

A

Process of viewing

57
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-osis

A

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

58
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-pathy

A

Disease condition

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-scope

A

Instrument to visually examine

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-scopy

A

Process of visually examining

61
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-sis

A

State of; condition

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-tomy

A

Process of cutting, incision

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-y

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Process, condition

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a-, an-

A

No, not, without

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aut-, auto-

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dia-

A

Complete, through

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endo-

68
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epi-

A

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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peri-

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Surrounding, around

74
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pro-

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Before, forward

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re-

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Back, backward, again

76
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retro-

77
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sub-

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Below, under

78
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trans-

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Across, through

79
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Word beginnings are called _____.

80
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Word endings are called _____.

81
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The foundation of a word is known as the ______.

82
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A letter linking a suffix and root, or linking two roots, in a term is the _____.

A

Combining vowel

83
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The combination of a root and a combining vowel is known as the ____.

A

Combining form

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