Chapter One: Basic Word Structure Flashcards
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Aden/o
A
Gland
2
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Athr/o
A
Joint
3
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Bi/o
A
Life
4
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Carcin/o
A
Cancerous, Cancer
5
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Cardi/o
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Heart
6
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Cephal/o
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Head
7
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Cerebr/o
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Cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
8
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Cis/o
A
To cut
9
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Crin/o
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To secrete (to form and give off)
10
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Cyst/o
A
Urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
11
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Cyt/o
A
Cell
12
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Derm/o
A
Skin
13
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Dermat/o
A
Skin
14
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Electr/o
A
Electricity
15
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Encephal/o
A
Brain
16
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Enter/o
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Intestines (usually the small intestines)
17
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Erythr/o
A
Red
18
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Gastr/o
A
Stomach
19
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Glyc/o
A
Sugar
20
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Gnos/o
A
Knowledge
21
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Gynec/o
A
Woman, Female
22
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Hemat/o
A
Blood
23
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Hem/o
A
Blood
24
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Hepat/o
A
Liver
25
Iatr/o
Treatment, Physician
26
Leuk/o
White
27
Log/o
Study of
28
Nephr/o
Kidney
29
Neur/o
Nerve
30
Onc/o
Tumor (cancerous)
31
Ophthalm/o
Eye
32
Oste/o
Bone
33
Path/o
Disease
34
Ped/o
Child
35
Psych/o
Mind
36
Radi/o
X-rays
37
Ren/o
Kidney
38
Rhin/o
Nose
39
Sarc/o
Flesh
40
Sect/o
To cut
41
Thromb/o
Clot, clotting
42
Ur/o
Urinary tract, Urine
43
-ac
Pertaining to
44
-al
Pertaining to
45
-algia
Pain
46
-cyte
Cell
47
-ectomy
Excision, Removal
48
-emia
Blood condition
49
-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
50
-globin
Protein
51
-gram
Record
52
-ic, -ical
Pertaining to
53
-ion
Process
54
-ist
Specialist
55
-itis
Inflammation
56
-logy
Process of study
57
-oma
Tumor, mass, swelling
58
-opsy
Process of viewing
59
-osis
Condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
60
-pathy
Disease condition
61
-scope
Instrument to visually examine
62
-scopy
Process of visually examining
63
-sis
State of; condition
64
-tomy
Process of cutting, incision
65
-y
Process, condition
66
a-, an-
No, not, without
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aut-, auto
Self, own
68
dia-
Complete, through
69
endo-
Within
70
epi-
Above, upon
71
ex-, exo-
Out, outside of, outward
72
hyper-
Excessive, above, more than normal
73
hypo-
Deficient, below, under, less than normal
74
in-
Into, in
75
peri-
Surrounding, around
76
Pro-
Before, forward
77
re-
Back, backward, again
78
retro-
Behind
79
sub-
Below, under
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trans-
Across, through
