Chapter 1 Basic Word Structure Med Terms Flashcards
1
Q
Aden/o
A
Gland
2
Q
Bi/o
A
Life
3
Q
Carcin/o
A
Cancer or Cancerous
4
Q
Cardi/o
A
Heart
5
Q
Cephal/o
A
Head
6
Q
Cerebr/o
A
Largest part of the brain (Cerebrum)
7
Q
Cyst/o
A
Urinary Bladder
8
Q
Cyt/o
A
Cell
9
Q
Derm/o | Dermat/o
A
Skin
10
Q
Electr/o
A
Electricity
11
Q
Encephal/o
A
Brain
12
Q
Enter/o
A
Intestine (Often the small intestine)
13
Q
Erythr/o
A
Red
14
Q
Gastr/o
A
Stomach
15
Q
Gnos/o
A
Knowledge
16
Q
Dia-
A
Complete
17
Q
Pro-
A
Before
18
Q
Gynec/o
A
Woman/Female
19
Q
Hem/o | Hemat/o
A
Blood
20
Q
Hepat/o
A
Liver
21
Q
Lapar/o
A
Abdomen (Area between the chest and hip)
22
Q
Leuk/o
A
White
23
Q
Nephr/o
A
Kidney
24
Q
Neur/o
A
Nerve
25
Onc/o
Tumor (Cancerous)
26
Ophthalm/o
Eye
27
Oste/o
Bone
28
Path/o
Disease
29
Psych/o
Mind
30
Ren/o
Kidney
31
Sacr/o
Flesh
32
Thromb/o
Clotting
33
A- | an-
no, not
34
Aut-
self
35
Dys-
Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
36
Endo-
Within
37
Exo-
Outside
38
Hyper-
Excessive, higher than normal, too much
39
Hypo-
Below, less under than normal, under
40
Peri-
Surrounding
41
Pro-
Before, forward
42
Re-
Back
43
Retro-
Behind
44
Sub-
Below, under
45
Trans-
Across
46
Col/o | Colon/o
Colon (Largest Intestine)
47
Arthr/o
Joint
