Chapter 3 Flashcards
abdomin/o
abdomen
acr/o
extremities
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
amni/o
amnion
angi/o
vessel
arteri/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
axill/o
armpit
bi/o
life
blephar/o
eyelid
bronch/o
bronchial tubes
laryng/o
larynx
leuk/o
white
lymph/o
lymph
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
morph/o
shape, form
muc/o
mucus
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord
necr/o
death
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
neutr/o
neutrophil (white blood cell)
nucle/o
nucleus
ophthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
ot/o
ear
path/o
disease
peritone/o
peritoneum
phag/o
to eat, swallow
phleb/o
vein
plas/o
formation, development
pleur/o
pleura
pneumon/o
lungs
pulmon/o
lungs
radi/o
x-rays
rect/o
rectum
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
sarc/o
flesh
splen/o
spleen
staphyl/o
clusters
strept/o
twisted chains
thorac/o
chest
thromb/o
clot
tonsill/o
tonsils
trache/o
trachea
ven/o
vein
-algia
pain
-cele
hernia
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-coccus
berry shaped bacterium
-cocci
berry shaped bacterium
-cyte
cell
-dynia
pain
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
-emia
blood condition
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor, mass
-opsy
to view
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
-pathy
disease condition
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
fear
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
-gram
record
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-itis
inflammation
-logy
study of
-lysis
breakdown, destruction
-malacia
softening
-plasia
development, growth, formation
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptsosis
drooping, prolapse, falling
-rrhea
flowing, discharge
-sclerosis
hardening
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopy
process of visual examination
-stasis
controlling,stopping
-stomy
opening to form a mouth
-therapy
treatment
-tomy
incision, cutting into
-trophy
development
-er
one who
-ia
condition
-ist
specialist
-ole
little, small
-ule
small, little
-um, ium
structure, tissue
-us
substance, structure
-y
condition, process
-ac, -iac, -al
pertaining to
-ar, -ary, -eal, -genic, -ic, -ical, -ous, -tic
pertaining to
-oid
resembling, derived from
-genic
pertaining to, producing
-ose
pertaining to, full of