Chapter 4 Flashcards
abdomin/o
abdomen
an/o
anus
bi/o
life
cardi/o
heart
carp/o
carpals (wrist bones)
cis/o
to cut
cost/o
ribs
crani/o
skull
cutane/o
skin
dur/o
dura mater (outermost meningeal membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord)
gen/o
to produce, to begin
glyc/o
sugar
hemat/o
blood
later/o
side
men/o
menses (monthly discharge of blood from the lining of the uterus)
nat/i
birth
neur/o
nerve
norm/o
rule, order
oste/o
bone
ox/o
oxygen
peritone/o
peritoneum (membrane surrounding the organs in the abdomen)
plas/o
formation, growth, development
ren/o
kidney
scapul/o
scapula (shoulder blade)
son/o
sound
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
top/o
to put, place, position
troph/o
development, nourishment
urethr/o
urethra (tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body)
uter/o
uterus
ven/o
vein
vertebr/o
vertebrae (backbone)
-al
pertaining to
-action
process, condition
-cision
process of cutting
-crine
secretion
-dipsia
thirst
-emia
blood condition
-gen
to produce
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condition
-ic
pertaining to
-ine
pertaining to
-ism
condition, process
-lapse
to fall, slide
-lysis
loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction
-meter
to measure
-mission
to send
-mortem
death
-oma
tumor, mass
-ous
pertaining to
-partum
birth
-pathy
disease condition
-phagia
eating
-phasia
speech
-plasia
formation (condition)
-plasm
formation (tissue)
-plegia
paralysis
-pnea
breathing
-ptom
a happening
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-scopy
process of visual examination
-section
to cut
-stasis
to stand, place, stop, control
-tension
pressure
-thesis
to put, place (state of putting or placing)
-tic
pertaining to
-trophy
nourishment; development
-um
structure
-uria
urine condition
-y
process, condition
a-, an-
no, not, without
ab-
away from
ad-
toward, near
ana-
up, apart
ante-
before, forward
anti-
against
bi-
two, both
brady-
slow
con-
with, together
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
ec-
out, outside
endo-
within, in, inner
epi-
above, upon
ex-
out
extra-
outside of
hemi-
half
hyper-
excessive, too much, above
hypo-
deficient, too little, below
in-
in, into
inter-
between
intra-
within
mal-
bad
meta-
change, beyond
neo-
new
para-
beside, near, along the side of
peri-
surrounding
poly-
many, much
post-
after, behind
pre-
before
pro-
before, forward
pros-
before, forward
quadri-
four
re-
back, behind
retro-
back, behind
sub-
under, less than
syn-
with, together
tachy-
fast
trans-
across, through
tri-
three
ultra-
beyond
uni-
one
