Chapter One Flashcards
1
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Eponyms - Describe it. Break it down
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to put your name on something/a word formed by including the name of the person who discovered or invented whatever is being described.
Epi= upon + onyma = name
2
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Who were the first people to systematically study human body and develop theories?
A
ancient greeks/ continued in rome
3
Q
What was the global language of the scientific revolutuion?
A
Latin
4
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ultima =
A
last (syllable)
5
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penult =
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almost the last (syllable)
6
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pen =
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almost
7
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Ante =
A
before
8
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antepenults =
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3rd to the last (syllable)
9
Q
In most words what syllable does the emphasis usually fall on?
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the third to the last
ex- co/lon/O/sco/py // koh/lawn/AW/skoh/pee
10
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root (words)
A
foundation or subject of the term
11
Q
suffix
A
ending that gives essential meaning to the term
12
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prefix
A
added to the beginning of a term when needed to further modify the root
13
Q
ology
Complex Suffix
A
study of
14
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ologist
Complex Suffix
A
one who studies
15
Q
algia
Complex Suffix
A
pain
16
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dynia
Complex Suffix
A
pain
17
Q
latry
Complex Suffix
A
specialty
18
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latrist
Complex Suffix
A
specialist
19
Q
megaly
Complex Suffix
A
enlarged
20
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arthr/o
root
A
joint
21
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cardi/o
root
A
heart
22
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enter/o
root
A
small intestine
23
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gastr/o
root
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stomach
24
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hepat/o
root
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liver
25
neuro
| root
nerve
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hem/o
| root
blood
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hemat/o
| root
blood
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my/o
| root
muscle
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musculo/o
| root
muscle
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angi/o
| root
vessel
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vas/o
| root
vessel
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vascul/o
| root
vessel
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derm/o
| root
skin
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dermat/o
| root
skin
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cutane/o
| root
skin
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pneum/o
| root
lung
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pulmon/o
| root
lung
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gen/o
| root
creation, cause
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hydr/o
| root
water
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morph/o
| root
change
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myc/o
| root
fungus
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necro/o
| root
death
43
orth/o
| root
straight
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path/o
| root
suffering, disease
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phag/o
| root
eat
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plas/o
| root
formation
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py/o
| root
pus
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scler/o
| root
hard
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sten/o
| root
narrowing
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troph/o
| root
nourishment, development
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xen/o
| root
foreign
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ac
| Simple suffix
pertaining to
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al
| Simple suffix
pertaining to
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ar
| Simple suffix
pertaining to
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ary
| Simple suffix
pertaining to
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eal
| Simple suffix
pertaining to
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ic
| Simple suffix
pertaining to
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tic
| Simple suffix
pertaining to
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ous
| Simple suffix
pertaining to
60
ia
| Simple suffix
condition
61
ism
| Simple suffix
condition
62
ium
| Simple suffix
tissue, structure
63
y
| Simple suffix
condition/ procedure
64
Diminutive
when added to a root, these suffixes transform a term;s meaning to a smaller version of the root.
ex- booklet = little book
65
icle
| Diminutive Suffix
small
66
ole
| Diminutive Suffix
small
67
ule
| Diminutive Suffix
small
68
ula
| Diminutive Suffix
small
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iatrics
| Complex Suffix
medical science
70
iatry
| Complex Suffix
medical science
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ist
| Complex Suffix
specialist
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cele
| Complex Suffix
hernia (bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn't belong)
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emia
| Complex Suffix
blood condition
74
iasis
| Complex Suffix
presence of
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itis
| Complex Suffix
inflammation
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lysis
| Complex Suffix
loosen, break down
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malacia
| Complex Suffix
abnormal softening
78
oid
| Complex Suffix
resembling
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oma
| Complex Suffix
tumor
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osis
| Complex Suffix
condition
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pathy
| Complex Suffix
disease
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penia
| Complex Suffix
deficiency
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ptosis
| Complex Suffix
drooping
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rrhage
| Complex Suffix
excessive flow
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rrhagia
| Complex Suffix
excessive flow
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rrhexis
| Complex Suffix
rupture
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spasm
| Complex Suffix
involuntary contraction
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centesis
| Complex Suffix
puncture
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gram
| Complex Suffix
written record
90
graph
| Complex Suffix
instrument used to produce a record
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graphy
| Complex Suffix
writting procedure
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meter
| Complex Suffix
instrument used to measure
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metry
| Complex Suffix
process of measuring
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scope
| Complex Suffix
instrument used to look
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scopy
| Complex Suffix
process of looking
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desis
| Complex Suffix
binding, fixation
97
ectomy
| Complex Suffix
removal
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pexy
| Complex Suffix
surgical fixation
99
plasty
| Complex Suffix
reconstruction
100
rrhaphy
| Complex Suffix
suture
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stomy
| Complex Suffix
creation of an opening
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tomy
| Complex Suffix
incision
103
Plural of
a
ae
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Plural of
ax
aces
105
Plural of
ex
ices
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Plural of
ix
ices
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Plural of
is
es
108
Plural of
ma
mata
109
Plural of
on
a
110
Plural of
um
a
111
Plural of
us
i
112
Plural of
y
ies
113
a
| common prefix
not
114
an
| common prefix
not
115
anti
| common prefix
against
116
contra
| common prefix
against
117
de
| common prefix
down, away from
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ante
| common prefix
before
119
pre
| common prefix
before
120
pro
| common prefix
before, on behalf of
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brady
| common prefix
slow
122
tachy
| common prefix
fast
123
post
| common prefix
after
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re
| common prefix
again
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ab
| common prefix
away
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ad
| common prefix
toward
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circum
| common prefix
around
128
peri
| common prefix
around
129
dia
| common prefix
through
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trans
| common prefix
through
131
e
| common prefix
out
132
ec
| common prefix
out
133
ex
| common prefix
out
134
ecto
| common prefix
outside
135
exo
| common prefix
outside
136
extra
| common prefix
outside
137
en
| common prefix
in, inside
138
endo
| common prefix
in, inside
139
intra
| common prefix
in, inisde
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epi
| common prefix
upon
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sub
| common prefix
beneath
142
inter
| common prefix
between
143
bi
| common prefix
two
144
hemi
| common prefix
half
145
semi
| common prefix
half
146
hyper
| common prefix
over
147
hypo
| common prefix
under
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macro
| common prefix
large
149
micro
| common prefix
small
150
mono
| common prefix
one
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uni
| common prefix
one
152
oligo
| common prefix
few
153
pan
| common prefix
all
154
poly
| common prefix
many
155
multi
| common prefix
many
156
con
| common prefix
with, together
157
syn
| common prefix
with, together
158
sym
| common prefix
with, together
159
dys
| common prefix
bad
160
eu
| common prefix
good
161
Don't use a combing vowel to...
join a root to a suffix that begins with a vowel
ex - my - algia // myalgia
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Do use a combing vowel to...
join a root to any suffix beginning with a consonant
ex- splen/o -megaly // splenomegaly
