chapter 1 word parts Flashcards
anter/o
front
arthr/o
joint
bi/o
life
cardi/o
heart
caud/o
tail
cephal/o
head
cervic/o
neck
col/o, colon/o
large intestine
cost/o
rib
cyt/o
cell
dist/o
away from point of origin
dors/o
back (of the body)
enter/o
intestine (usually small)
gastr/o
stomach
glyc/o
sugar/glucose
hepat/o
liver
hist/o
tissue
infer/o
below
later/o
side
lip/o
fat
log/o
study
medi/o
middle
my/o
muscle
neur/o
nerve
path/o
disease
poster/o
back/behind
proxim/o
near point of origin
sarc/o
flesh/connective tissue
super/o
above
thorac/o
chest
ventr/o
belly 😟
viscer/o
internal organs
a- , an-
not/without
ante-
before
anti-
against
bi-
two
brady-
slow
endo-
in/within
epi-
on/over/upon
hyper-
above/excessive
hypo-
below/ deficient
inter-
between
intra-
within
peri-
around
sub-
below/under
supra-
above
tachy-
fast
trans
across
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -iac, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ior
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-cyte
cell
ectomy
surgical removal
-emia
blood condition
gen
substance that produces
-ia
condition
-ine
substance (noun) pertaining to (adjective)
-itis
inflammation
-logist
specialist
-logy
study of
-megally
enlargement
-oma
tumor
-osis
abnormal condition
-pathy
disease
-plasty
surgical repair
-stomy
surgical opening
-tomy
process of cutting/incision
-um
structure ; tissue ; thing