common medical word parts (set 5) Flashcards
1
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ana/
A
positive, up
2
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ante/
A
before
3
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bronch/o
A
airway tubes in lung
4
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cephal/o
A
head
5
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cervic/o
A
neck
6
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chondr/o
A
cartilage
7
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crin/o
A
to separate from blood, secrete
8
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cutane/o
A
skin surface
9
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dactyl/o
A
digits, fingers, toes
10
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dys/
A
bad, labored
11
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eosin/o
A
rose-colored
12
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erythr/o
A
red
13
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eu/
A
normal, even, good
14
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furc/o
A
branch, fork
15
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gnos/o
A
knowledge, understanding
16
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lapar/o
A
abdomen
17
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lynmph/o
A
watery fluid
18
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mal/
A
bad, abnormal
19
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meso/
A
middle
20
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morph/o
A
form, structure
21
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mort/o
A
death
22
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necr/o
A
dead
23
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nephr/o
A
kidney
24
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opthalm/o
A
eye
25
ot/o
ear
26
phag/o, or /phage
eat, swallow, engulf
27
phob/o
fear
28
physi/o
nature, natural
29
plasm/o
plasma, cell substance
30
pneum/o
air, gas, lung sacs
31
pro/
before
32
pseudo/
false
33
psych/o
mind
34
radi/o
rays or waves, x-ray, radius, forearm
35
rect/o
upright, rectum
36
rhin/o
nose
37
semi/
half
38
seps/o or sept/i
infection, bacteria
39
supra/ or super/
above, superior to
40
thyr/o
shield, thyroid
41
tom/o
cut, slice or a hole
42
tonsill/o
tonsils
43
top/o
location
44
tox/o
poison, damaging
45
trache/o
windpipe
46
vertebr/o
back bones
47
/cele
protruding sac, hernia
48
/crine
secrete
49
/cyesis
pregnancy
50
/dynia
pain
51
/lysis, /lytic
break down or apart, dissolve
52
/pexy
affix, attach into place
53
/phobia
fear
54
/phoria
bear
55
/physis
grow
56
/plasia
growth, development
57
/pnea
breathing
58
/poiesis
formation
59
/ptosis
drooped, slipped down
60
/rrhea
flow
61
/sclerosis, /sclerotic
hardening
