Chapter 1 Quiz Flashcards
-ac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-cyte
cell
-ectomy
excision, removal
-emia
blood condition
-genic
produced by or in
-globin
protein
-gram
record
-ic, ical
pertaining to
-ion
-process
-ist
specialist
-itis
inflammation
-logy
process of study
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
-opsy
process of viewing
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
-pathy
disease condition
-scope
instrument to visually examine
-scopy
process of visually examining (with an endoscope)
-sis
state of; condition
-tomy
process of cutting
-y
process, condition
a-, an-
no, not, without
aut-, auto-
self, own
dia-
through, complete
end-, endo-
within
epi-
above, upon
ex-
out
exo-
outside of, outward
hyper-
excessive, above, more
hypo-
deficient, below, under, less
in-
into, in
peri-
surrounding, around
pro-
before, forward
re-
back, backward, again
retro-
behind
sub-
below, under
trans-
across, through
osteotomy
to cut bone
-ostomy
create a new mouth or opening
cystostomy
create a new mouth or opening of the urinary bladder
arthoscope
instrument to visually examine the joint
electroencephalogram
record of the brain’s electricity
nephrectomy
Excision or removal of the kidney