Chapter 1 vocab Flashcards
Acanth-
Thorn, Spine
Alg-
Pain
Alges-
Sensitivity to pain
All-
Other, Divergence, Difference from
Angi-
Vessel, Duct
Arteri-
Artery
Arthr-
Joint
Bi-
Life
Brady-
Slow
Cardi-
Heart
Cephal-
Head
Crani-
Skull
Cyt-
Cell
Encephal-
Brain
Erythr-
Red, Red Blood Cell
Lept-
Thin, Fine, Slight
Leuk-
White, White Blood Cell
Lith-
Stone, Calculus
Log-
Word, Study
Malac-
Soft
Mes-
Middle, Secondary, Partial, Mesentery
-Meter, Metr-
Measure, Measuring
Nephr-
Kidney
Neur-
Nerve, Nervous System
Oste-
Bone
Prosop-
Face
Prot-
First, Primitive, Early
Scler-
Hard
Sten-
Narrow
Stere-
Solid, Having three dimensions
Tachy-
Rapid
tox(i)-
Poison
a- an-
not, without, lacking, deficient
anti-
against, opposed to, preventing, relieving
di-
two, twice, double
dys-
difficult, painful, defective, abnormal
ec-
out of, away from
ecto-
outside of
en-
in, into, within
endo-, ento-
within
epi-
upon, over, above
exo-
outside, from the outside, twoard the outside
hemi-
half, partial, one side of the body
hyper-
over, above, excessive, beyond normal
hypo-
under, deficient, below normal
mono-
one, single
peri-
around, surrounding
syn-
together, with, joined
-a
forms abstract nouns: state, condition
-ac
forms adjectives: pertaining to, located in
-ia
forms abstract nouns: state, condition
-iac
forms nouns: person afficted with
-ic
forms adjectivies: pertaining to, located in
-in, -ine
form names of substances
-ist
forms nouns: a person interested in
-itic
forms adjectives: pertaining to inflammation
-itis
forms nouns: inflamed condition
-itides
plural form of -itis
-ium
forms nouns: membrane, connective tissue
-ma
forms nouns: abnormal or dieased condition
-osis
forms nouns: abnormal or diseased condition
-otic
forms adjectivies from nouns ending in -osis
-sia
forma abstract nouns: state, condition
-sis
forms abstract nouns: state, condition
-tic
froms adjective from nouns
-y
forms abstract nouns