Chapter 1 Vocab Review Flashcards
abdomin/o-
abdomen
append/o-
appendix
arteri/o-
artery
arthr/o-
joint
bi/o-
living organism
card/i-
heart
cardi/o-
heart
cholecyst/o-
gallbadder
col/o-
colon
colon/o-
colon
communicat/o-
impart; transmit
cost/o-
rib
cutane/o-
skin
derm/o-
skin
dietet/o-
foods;diet
digest/o-
break down food; digest
enter/o-
intestine
esthes/o-
sensation; feeling
etym/o-
word orgin
gastr/o-
stomach
gemin/o-
set or group
hepat/o-
liver
hyster/o-
uterus (womb)
intestin/o-
intestine
lapar/o-
abdomen
laryng/o-
larynx (voice box)
later/o-
side
mamm/o-
breast
medic/o-
physician; medicine
menstru/o-
monthly discharge of blood
ment/o-
mind
muscul/o-
muscle
nas/o-
nose
neur/o-
nerve
nutrit/o-
nourishment
pelv/o-
pelvis (hip bone; renal pelvis)
phag/o-
eating/ swallowing
pleg/o-
paralysis
pneumon/o-
lung; air
psych/o-
mind
sperm/o-
sperm
spir/o-
breathe
tens/o-
pressure; tension
therap/o-
treatment
thyroid/o-
thyroid gland
tonsill/o-
tonsil
trache/o-
trachea (windpipe)
urin/o-
urine; urinary system
uter/o-
uterus (womb)
vagin/o-
vagina
ven/o-
vein
a-
away from; without
an-
without; not
anti-
against
bi-
two
brady-
slow
de-
reversal of; without
dys-
painful; difficult; abnormal
endo-
innermost; within
epi-
upon; above
eu-
normal; good
hemi-
one half
hyper-
above; more than normal
hypo-
below; deficient
inter-
between
intra-
within
mal-
bad; inadequate
peri-
around
poly-
many; much
post-
after; behind
pre-
before; in front of
quadri-
four
re-
again and again
sub-
below; underneath
tachy-
fast
trans-
across; through
tri-
three
-ac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-ation
a process; being or having
-ectomy
surgical removal
-gram
a record or picture
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condition;state;thing
-iatry
medical treatment
-ic
pertaining to
-ics
knowledge; practice
-ine
pertaining to; thing pertaining to
-ion
action;condition
-ism
process; disease from a specific cause
-ist
one who specializes in
-itis
inflammation of; infection of
-ive
pertaining to
-logy
the study of
-megaly
enlargement
-metry
process of measuring
-oma
tumor;mass
-osis
condition; abnormal condition; process
-ous
pertaining to
-pathy
disease
-scope
instrument used to examine
-stomy
surgically created opening
-therapy
treatment
-tomy
process of cutting or making an incision