Chapter One Flashcards
Eponyms - Describe it. Break it down
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
Who were the first people to systematically study human body and develop theories?
ancient greeks/ continued in rome
What was the global language of the scientific revolutuion?
Latin
ultima =
last (syllable)
penult =
almost the last (syllable)
pen =
almost
Ante =
before
antepenults =
3rd to the last (syllable)
In most words what syllable does the emphasis usually fall on?
the third to the last
ex- co/lon/O/sco/py // koh/lawn/AW/skoh/pee
root (words)
foundation or subject of the term
suffix
ending that gives essential meaning to the term
prefix
added to the beginning of a term when needed to further modify the root
ology
Complex Suffix
study of
ologist
Complex Suffix
one who studies
algia
Complex Suffix
pain
dynia
Complex Suffix
pain
latry
Complex Suffix
specialty
latrist
Complex Suffix
specialist
megaly
Complex Suffix
enlarged
arthr/o
root
joint
cardi/o
root
heart
enter/o
root
small intestine
gastr/o
root
stomach
hepat/o
root
liver
neuro
root
nerve
hem/o
root
blood
hemat/o
root
blood
my/o
root
muscle
musculo/o
root
muscle
angi/o
root
vessel
vas/o
root
vessel
vascul/o
root
vessel
derm/o
root
skin
dermat/o
root
skin
cutane/o
root
skin
pneum/o
root
lung
pulmon/o
root
lung
gen/o
root
creation, cause
hydr/o
root
water
morph/o
root
change
myc/o
root
fungus
necro/o
root
death
orth/o
root
straight
path/o
root
suffering, disease
phag/o
root
eat
plas/o
root
formation
py/o
root
pus
scler/o
root
hard
sten/o
root
narrowing
troph/o
root
nourishment, development
xen/o
root
foreign
ac
Simple suffix
pertaining to
al
Simple suffix
pertaining to
ar
Simple suffix
pertaining to
ary
Simple suffix
pertaining to
eal
Simple suffix
pertaining to
ic
Simple suffix
pertaining to
tic
Simple suffix
pertaining to
ous
Simple suffix
pertaining to
ia
Simple suffix
condition
ism
Simple suffix
condition
ium
Simple suffix
tissue, structure
y
Simple suffix
condition/ procedure
Diminutive
when added to a root, these suffixes transform a term;s meaning to a smaller version of the root.
ex- booklet = little book
icle
Diminutive Suffix
small
ole
Diminutive Suffix
small
ule
Diminutive Suffix
small
ula
Diminutive Suffix
small
iatrics
Complex Suffix
medical science
iatry
Complex Suffix
medical science
ist
Complex Suffix
specialist
cele
Complex Suffix
hernia (bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn’t belong)
emia
Complex Suffix
blood condition
iasis
Complex Suffix
presence of
itis
Complex Suffix
inflammation
lysis
Complex Suffix
loosen, break down
malacia
Complex Suffix
abnormal softening
oid
Complex Suffix
resembling
oma
Complex Suffix
tumor
osis
Complex Suffix
condition
pathy
Complex Suffix
disease
penia
Complex Suffix
deficiency
ptosis
Complex Suffix
drooping
rrhage
Complex Suffix
excessive flow
rrhagia
Complex Suffix
excessive flow
rrhexis
Complex Suffix
rupture
spasm
Complex Suffix
involuntary contraction
centesis
Complex Suffix
puncture
gram
Complex Suffix
written record
graph
Complex Suffix
instrument used to produce a record
graphy
Complex Suffix
writting procedure
meter
Complex Suffix
instrument used to measure
metry
Complex Suffix
process of measuring
scope
Complex Suffix
instrument used to look
scopy
Complex Suffix
process of looking
desis
Complex Suffix
binding, fixation
ectomy
Complex Suffix
removal
pexy
Complex Suffix
surgical fixation
plasty
Complex Suffix
reconstruction
rrhaphy
Complex Suffix
suture
stomy
Complex Suffix
creation of an opening
tomy
Complex Suffix
incision
Plural of
a
ae
Plural of
ax
aces
Plural of
ex
ices
Plural of
ix
ices
Plural of
is
es
Plural of
ma
mata
Plural of
on
a
Plural of
um
a
Plural of
us
i
Plural of
y
ies
a
common prefix
not
an
common prefix
not
anti
common prefix
against
contra
common prefix
against
de
common prefix
down, away from
ante
common prefix
before
pre
common prefix
before
pro
common prefix
before, on behalf of
brady
common prefix
slow
tachy
common prefix
fast
post
common prefix
after
re
common prefix
again
ab
common prefix
away
ad
common prefix
toward
circum
common prefix
around
peri
common prefix
around
dia
common prefix
through
trans
common prefix
through
e
common prefix
out
ec
common prefix
out
ex
common prefix
out
ecto
common prefix
outside
exo
common prefix
outside
extra
common prefix
outside
en
common prefix
in, inside
endo
common prefix
in, inside
intra
common prefix
in, inisde
epi
common prefix
upon
sub
common prefix
beneath
inter
common prefix
between
bi
common prefix
two
hemi
common prefix
half
semi
common prefix
half
hyper
common prefix
over
hypo
common prefix
under
macro
common prefix
large
micro
common prefix
small
mono
common prefix
one
uni
common prefix
one
oligo
common prefix
few
pan
common prefix
all
poly
common prefix
many
multi
common prefix
many
con
common prefix
with, together
syn
common prefix
with, together
sym
common prefix
with, together
dys
common prefix
bad
eu
common prefix
good
Don’t use a combing vowel to…
join a root to a suffix that begins with a vowel
ex - my - algia // myalgia
Do use a combing vowel to…
join a root to any suffix beginning with a consonant
ex- splen/o -megaly // splenomegaly
