Chapter 3 Flashcards
1
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
Q
acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
3
Q
acu/o
A
sharp, sever, sudden
4
Q
aden/o
A
gland
5
Q
adip/o
A
fat
6
Q
amni/o
A
amnion
7
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
8
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
9
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
10
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
11
Q
bi/o
A
life
12
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
13
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
14
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
15
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
16
Q
chem/o
A
drug, chemical
17
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
18
Q
chron/o
A
time
19
Q
col/o
A
colon
20
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
21
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
22
Q
erythr/o
A
red
23
Q
hem/o
A
blood
24
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
25
hydr/o
water
26
inguin/o
groin
27
isch/o
to hold back
28
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
29
laryng/o
larynx
30
leuk/o
white
31
lymph/o
lymph
32
mamm/o, mast/o
breast
33
morph/o
shape. form
34
muc/o
mucus
35
my/o
muscle
36
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
37
necr/o
death
38
nephr/o
kidney
39
neur/o
nerve
40
neutr/o
neutrophil
41
nucle/o
nucleus
42
ophtalm/o
eye
43
oste/o
bone
44
ot/o
ear
45
path/o
disease
46
peritone/o
peritoneum
47
phag/o
to eat, swallow
48
phleb/o
vein
49
plas/o
formation, development
50
pleur/o
pleura
51
pneumon/o, pulmon/o
lungs
52
radi/o
x-rays
53
rect/o
rectum
54
ren/o
kidney
55
rhin/o
nose
56
sarc/o
flesh
57
splen/o
spleen
58
staphyl/o
clusters
59
strept/o
twisted chains
60
thorac/o
chest
61
thromb/o
clot
62
tonsill/o
tonsils
63
trache/o
trachea
64
ven/o
vein
65
-algia
pain
66
-cele
hernia
67
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
68
-coccus, -cocci
berry-shaped bacterium
69
-cyte
cell
70
-dynia
pain
71
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
72
-emia
blood condition
73
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
74
-gram
record
75
-graph
instrument for recording
76
-itis
inflammation
77
-logy
study of
78
-lysis
breakdown, destruction
79
-malacia
softening
80
-oma
tumor, mass
81
-opsy
to view
82
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
83
-pathy
disease condition
84
-penia
deficiency
85
-phobia
fear
86
-plasia
development, formation
87
-plasty
surgical repair
88
-ptosis
drooping, falling
89
-rrhea
flow, discharge
90
-sclerosis
hardening
91
-scope
instrument for visual examination
92
-scopy
process of visual examination
93
-stasis
controlling, stopping
94
-stomy
opening to form a mouth
95
-tomy
incision, cutting into
96
-trophy
development, nourishment
97
-er
one who
98
-ia
condition
99
-ist
specialist
100
-ole, ule
little, small
101
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
102
-us
structure, substance
103
-y
condition, process
104
-ac, iac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -genic, -ic, -ical, -ose, -ous, -tic
pertaining to
105
-oid
resembling
