chapter 1 - basic word structure Flashcards by Faiza A

ileum

part of the small intestine

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ilium

part of the hip

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urethra

the tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body

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ureter

one of two tubes each leading from a single kidney and inserting into the urinary bladder.

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root

foundation of the term

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suffix

word ending

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Prefix

Word beginning

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Combining vowel

Vowel (usually o ) that links the root word to the suffix or a root to a root

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Combining form

Combination of the root and the combining vowel

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Aden/o

Gland

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Arthr/o

Joint

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Bi/o

life

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Carcin/o

Cancerous/cancer

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Cardi/o

Heart

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Cephal/o

Head

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Cerebr/o

Cerebrum - the largest part of the brain

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Cis/o

To cut

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Crin/o

To secrete - to form and give off

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Cyst/o

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

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Cyt/o

cell

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Derm/o -Dermat/o

Skin

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Electr/o

electricity

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Encephal/o

brain

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Enter/o

intestine - usually small

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Erythr/o

red

Gastr/o

stomach

Glyc/o

sugar

Gnos/o

knowledge

Gynec/o

woman, female

Hemat/o

blood

Hem/o

blood

Hepat/o

liver

iatr/o

treatment , physician

leuk/o

white

log/o

study of

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

onc/o

tumor (cancerous)

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

ped/o

child

psych/o

mind

radi/o

x - ray

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh

sect/o

to cut

thromb/o

clot, clotting

ur/o

urine or urinary tract

- ac

pertaining to

- al

pertaining to

- algia

pain

- cyte

cell

- ectomy

excision, removal

- emia

blood condition

- genic

- pertaining to producing - produced by - produced in

- globin

protein

- gram

record

- ic

pertaining to

- ical

pertaining to

- ion

process

- ist

specialist

- itis

inflammation

- logy

process of study

- oma

tumor mass swelling

- opsy

process of viewing

- osis

condition (abnormal, slight increase in numbers)

- pathy

disease condition-

- scope

instrument used to view

- scopy

process of visually examining

- sis

state of condition

- tomy

process of cutting incision

- y

process condition

a -

no not without

an -

no not without

aut -

self own

auto

self own

dia -

complete through

endo -

within

epi -

above upon

ex -

out outside of outward

exo -

out outside of outward

hyper -

excessive above more than normal

hypo -

deficient below under less than normal

in -

into

peri -

surrounding around

pro -

before forward

re -

back backwards again

retro -

behind

sub -

below under

chron-

time long period of time

- um

structure membrane