Chapter 3 Flashcards
1
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
3
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acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
4
Q
aden/o
A
gland
5
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adip/o
A
fat
6
Q
amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
7
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
8
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
9
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
10
Q
bi/o
A
life
11
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
12
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes (2 tubes from the trachea to the lungs)
13
Q
laryng/o
A
larynx
14
Q
leuk/o
A
white
15
Q
lymph/o
A
lymph
16
Q
mamm/o
A
breast
17
Q
mast/o
A
breast
18
Q
morph/o
A
shape, form
19
Q
muc/o
A
mucus
20
Q
my/o
A
muscle
21
Q
myel/o
A
spinal cord; bone marrrow
22
Q
necr/o
A
death
23
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nephr/o
A
kidney
24
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
25
neutr/o
neutrophil
26
nucle/o
nucleus
27
ophthalm/o
eye
28
opi/o
opium
29
oste/o
bone
30
ot/o
ear
31
-algia
pain
32
-cele
herrnia
33
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
34
-coccus, -cocci
berry-shaped bacterium
35
-cyte
cell
36
-dynia
pain
37
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
38
-emia
blood condition
39
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
40
-gram
rercord
41
-graph
instrument for recording
42
-graphy
process of recording
43
-itis
inflammation
44
-logy
study of
45
-lysis
breakdown, deconstruction, separation
46
-malacia
softening
47
-megaly
enlargment
48
-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
49
-opsy
to view
50
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
51
-pathy
disease condition
52
-penia
deficiency
53
-phobia
fear
54
-plasia
development, formation, growth
55
-plasty
surgical repair
56
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
57
-rrhea
flow, discharge
58
-sclerosis
hardening
59
-scope
instrument for visual examination
60
-scopy
process of visual examination
61
-stasis
controlling, stopping
62
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
63
-therapy
treatment
64
-tomy
incision, cutting into
65
-trophy
development, nourishment
66
-er
one who
67
-ia
condition
68
-ist
specialist
69
-oid
resembling, derived from
70
-ole
little, small
71
-ule
little, small
72
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
73
-us
structure, substance
74
-y
condition, process
75
-ac, -iac
pertaining to
76
-al
pertaining to
77
-ar
pertaining to
78
-ary
pertaining to
79
-eal
pertaining to
80
-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by or in
81
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
82
-ose
pertaining to, full of
83
-ous
pertaining to
84
-tic
pertaining to
