chp.1 medical terminology Flashcards
compound, suffix, prefix
1
Q
aden/o
A
gland
2
Q
arth/o
A
joint
3
Q
bi/o
A
life
4
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer(ous)
5
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
6
Q
cephal/o
A
head
7
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
8
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
9
Q
crin/o
A
to secrete
10
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary baldder/sac/cyst
11
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
12
Q
derm/o OR dermat/o
A
skin
13
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
14
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
15
Q
enter/o
A
intestines
16
Q
erythr/o
A
red
17
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
18
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
19
Q
gnos/o
A
knowledge
20
Q
gynec/o
A
woman
21
Q
hemat/o OR hem/o
A
blood
22
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
23
Q
iatr/o
A
treatment/physician
24
Q
leuk/o
A
white
25
log/o
study of
26
nephr/o
kidney
27
neur/o
nerveco
28
onc/o
tumor
29
ophthalm/o
eye
30
oste/o
bone
31
path/o
disease
32
ped/o
child
33
psych/o
mind
34
radi/o
x-rays
35
ren/o
kidney
36
rhin/o
nose
37
sarc/o
flesh
38
sect/o
to cut
39
thromb/o
clot(ting)
40
ur/o
urinary tract/urine
41
-ac
pertaining to
42
-al
pertaining to-a
43
lgia
pain
44
-cyte
cell
45
-ectomy
excision/removal
46
-emia
blood condition
47
-genic
pertaining to producing/produced by/produced in
48
-globin
protein
49
-gram
record
50
-ic, -ical
pertaining to-
51
ion
process
52
-ist
specialist-i
53
tis
inflammation
54
-logy
process of study
55
-oma
tumor/mass/swelling
56
-opsy
process of viewing
57
-osis
condition, unsually abnormal
58
-pathy
disease condition
59
-scope
instrument to visually examine
60
-sis
state of/condition
60
-scopy
process of visually examining
61
-tomy
process of cutting/incision
62
-y
process/condition
63
a-, an-
no/not/without
64
aut-, auto-
self/own
65
dia-
complrete/through
66
endo-
within
67
epi-
above/upon
68
ex-, exo-
out(side) of/outward
69
hyper-
excessive/more than normal
70
hypo-
deficient/less than normal
71
in-
in(to)
72
peri-
surrounding/around
73
pro-
before/forward
74
re-
back(ward)/again
75
retro-
behind
76
sub-
below/under
77
trans-
across/through
