Chapter 1: Basic Word Structure Flashcards
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arthr/o
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joint
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aden/o
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gland
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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
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cis/o
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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
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cyt/o
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cell
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derm/o or 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
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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 or 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
study of
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
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onc/o
tumor
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ophthalm/o
eye
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oste/o
bone
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path/o
disease
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ped/o
child
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psych/o
mind
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radi/o
x-Rays
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ren/o
kidney
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rhin/o
nose
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sarc/o
flesh
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sect/o
to cut
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thromb/o
clot, clotting
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ur/o
urinary tract, urine
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-ac
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
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-algia
pain
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-cyte
cell
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-ectomy
excision, removal
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What are the 3 General Rules of word analysis?
1. Read the meaning of medical terms from the suffix back to the beginning of the term and across.
2. Drop the combining vowel (usually o) before a suffix beginning with a vowel: "gastritis" not "gastroitis"
3. Keep the combining vowel between two roots: "gastroenterology" not "gastroenterology"
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All medical terms have:
a combining vowel
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Which element appears at the beginning of a medical term?
Prefix
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Foundation of the term
Root
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Word ending
Suffix
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Word beginning
Prefix
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Vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root and aids pronunciation
Combining vowel
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Combination of the root and the combining vowel
Combining form
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-emia
blood condition
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-genic
produced by or in
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-globin
protein
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-gram
record
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-ic, -ical
pertaining to
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-ion
process
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-ist
specialist
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-itis
inflammation
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-logy
process of study
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-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
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-opsy
process of viewing
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-osis
condition, usually abnormal
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-pathy
disease condition
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-scope
instrument to visually examine
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-scopy
process of visually examining
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-sis
state of, condition
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-tomy
process of cutting, incision
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-y
process, condition
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a-, an-
no, not, without
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aut-, auto-
self, own
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dia-
complete, through
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endo-
within
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epi-
above, upon
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ex-, exo-
out, outside of, outward
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hyper-
excessive, above, more than normal
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hypo-
deficient, below, under, less than normal
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in-
into, in
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peri-
surrounding, around
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pro-
before, forward
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re-
back, backward, again
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retro-
behind
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sub-
below, under
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trans-
across, through
