Chapter 2 Vocab Review Flashcards
ambulat/o-
walking
ancill/o-
servant; accessory
anter/o-
before; front part
auscult/o-
listening
caud/o-
tail bone
cav/o-
hollow space
cephal/o-
head
chondr/o-
cartilage
chron/o-
time
communic/o-
impart; transmit
congenit/o-
present at birth
coron/o-
structure that encircles like a crown
crani/o-
cranium (skull)
crin/o-
secrete
dent/o-
tooth
dermat/o-
skin
dist/o-
away from the center or point of origin
dors/o-
back; dorsum
drom/o-
a running
eti/o-
cause of disease
exacerbo/o-
increase; provoke
extern/o-
outside
fract/o-
break up
front/o-
front
gen/o-
arising from; produced by
gener/o-
production; creation
genit/o-
genitalia
ger/o-
old age
gnos/o-
knowledge
gynec/o-
female; woman
habilitat/o-
give ability
hemat/o-
blood
heredit/o-
genetic inheritance
iatr/o-
physician; medical treatment
idi/o-
unknown; individual
ili/o-
ilium (hip bone)
immun/o-
immune response
infect/o-
disease within
infer/o-
below
inguin/o-
groin
inspect/o-
looking at
integument/o-
skin
intern/o-
inside
log/o-
word; the study of
lumb;o-
lower back; area between the ribs and pelvis
lymph/o-
lymph; lymphatic system
macr/o-
large
medi/o-
middle
micr/o-
one millionth; small
nat/o-
birth
ne/o-
new
nerv/o-
nerve
nosocomi/o-
hospital
nucle/o-
nucleus (of an atom)
obstetr/o-
pregnancy and childbirth
onc/o-
tumor; mass
ophthalm/o-
eye
orth/o-
straight
ot/o-
ear
palliat/o-
reducing the severity of
palpat/o-
touching; feeling
path/o-
disease
ped/o-
child
percuss/o-
tapping
pharmac/o-
medicine; drug
physi/o-
physical function
physic/o-
body
plast/o-
growth; formation
poster/o-
back part
prevent/o-
prevent
product/o-
produce
proxim/o-
near the center or point of origin
pulmon/o-
lung
quadr/o-
four
radi/o-
radiu (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation
recuper/o-
recover
remiss/o-
send back
sagitt/o-
going from front to back
scop/o-
examine with an instrument
skelet/o-
skeleton
spin/o-
spine; backbone
super/o-
above
surg/o-
operative procedure
symptomat/o-
collection of symptoms
techn/o-
technical skill
termin/o-
end; boundary
therapeut/o-
therapy; treatment
thorac/o-
thorax (chest)
tom/o-
cut; slice; layer
umbilic/o-
umbilicus; navel
ur/o-
urine; urinary system
vascul/o-
blood vessel
ventr/o-
front; abdomen
vers/o-
to travel; to turn
viscer/o-
large internal organs