Chapter 1: Basic Word Structures Flashcards by Ava Silbernagel

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adeno/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

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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

A

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

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study of

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nephr/o

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kidney

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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onc/o

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tumor

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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oste/o

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Bone

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path/o

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disease

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ped/o

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child

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psych/o

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mind

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radi/o

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X-rays

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ren/o

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Kidney

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Rhin/o

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Nose

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Sarc/o

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Flesh

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Sect/o

A

To cut

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Thromb/o

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Clot, clotting

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Ur/o

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Urinary tract, urine

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-ac

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pertaining to

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-al

A

pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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-cyte

A

Cell

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-ectomy

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excision, removal

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-genic

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produced by or in

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-globin

A

protein

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-gram

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Record

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-ic, ical

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pertaining to

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-ion

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Process

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-ist

A

Specialist

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-itis

A

Inflammation

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-logy

A

Process of study

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-oma

A

Tumor, mass, swelling

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-opsy

A

Process of viewing

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-osis

A

condition, usually abnormal

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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

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-sis

A

State of; condition

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-tomy

A

Process of cutting, incision

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-y

A

process, condition

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a-, an-

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no, not, without

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aut-, auto-

A

self, own

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dia-

A

complete, through

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endo-

A

Within

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Epi-

A

Above, upon

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Ex-, exo-

A

Out, outside of, outward

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Hyper-

A

Excessive, above, more than normal

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Hypo-

A

deficient, below, under, less than normal

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In-

A

Into, in

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Peri-

A

Surrounding, around

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Pro-

A

before, forward

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Re-

A

Back, backward, again

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Retro-

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Behind

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Sub-

A

Below, under

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Trans-

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Across, through