Chapter 1 Intro Flashcards
1
Q
Dermat/o
A
Skin
2
Q
Cutane/o
A
Skin
3
Q
Nephr/o
A
Kidney
4
Q
Ren/o
A
Kidney
5
Q
Stomat/o
A
Mouth
6
Q
Or/o
A
Mouth
7
Q
Erythr/o
A
Red
8
Q
Gastr/o
A
Stomach
9
Q
Hepat/o
A
Liver
10
Q
Immun/o
A
Immunity, immune safe
11
Q
Oste/o
A
Bone
12
Q
Suffix’s describe
A
Pathology, symptom, surgical or diagnostic procedures, or a part of speech
13
Q
-itis
A
Inflammation
14
Q
-megaly
A
Enlargement
15
Q
-oma
A
Tumor
16
Q
-cyte
A
Cell
17
Q
How to define medical terms
A
Suffix first, then first part of word
18
Q
Prefixes indicate
A
Number, time, position, direction, or negation
19
Q
When a suffix begins w a vowel
A
Use a root word
20
Q
When a suffix begins w a consonant
A
Use a combining form
21
Q
An-
A
Without
22
Q
Esthes/o
A
Feeling
23
Q
-ia
A
Condition
24
Q
Hyper-
A
Excessive, above normal
25
Therm/o
Heat
26
Intra-
In, within
27
Muscul/o
Muscle
28
-ar
Pertaining to
29
-al
Pertaining to
30
Para-
Near, beside, beyond
31
Nas/o
Nose
32
Poly-
Many, much
33
Ur/o
Urine
34
-ia
Condition
35
Pre-
Before
36
Nat/o
Birth
37
When making compound words
Use combining forms even when second word begins w a vowel
38
Enter/o
Intestine
39
Chondr/o
Cartilage
40
Splen/o
Spleen
41
Ot/o
Ear
42
Hyster/o
Uterus
43
Hydr/o
Water
