deck_1181765 Flashcards
A- an-
Not, without, less
Ab-/abs
From, away from, off
-ac
Pertaining to
Acou/acu
hearing
Acro
extremity
Ad-
Increase, adherence, motion towards, very
-ad
Toward, in the direction of
Adeno/o
Gland
Adip/adipo
fat
Aero
air
-al
pertaining to
Albo
white
Algesi/algio/algo/alge-/-algia
pain
allo
Other/different
ambi
around, on (both) sides, on all sides, both
ambly/amblyo
dull
amni/o
the amnion, innermost membranes enveloping the embryo in utero
-an
relating to
an/o
not, without, less
ana-
up, toward. apart
Andro-
male
Angi/o
vessel
ankylo
crooked
ante-
before
anter/o
before
anti-
against, opposing, curative, antibody
apo
separated from, derived from
appendo/o appendic/o
an appendage
aque/aqueo
water
-ar
pertaining to
-arche
beginning
arteri/arterio
artery
arthr/o
joint/articulation
-ary
pertaining to
-ase
an enzyme
-ate
salt or ester of an “ic” acid
-athero
pasty, fatty
-ation
process, state condition
audi/audio
hearing
abdomen/o
abdomen
aur/auri/auro
ear
aut/auto
self, same
axill/axillo
armpit
bacteri/bacterio
bacteria
balano
penis
bi
twice, double, two
bi/o
life
blasto
budding by cells or tissue
brachi/brachio
arm
brady
slow
bronch/o bronchi/o
bronchus
carcin/carcino
cancer
cardi/cardio
heart, esophageal opening of stomach
carp/o
wrist
cata
down
caud/caudo
tail, lower part of body
-cele
hernia, swelling
celio
abdomen
-centesis
surgical puncture
centi
one hundredth
cephal/cephalo
the head
cerebr/cerebro
brain
cervic/cervico
neck, uterine cervix
cheir/cheiro
hand
chem/chemo
chemistry, drug
chir/chiro
hand
chloro
green, chlorine
chol
bile
chondro/chondrio
cartilage, granular, gritty
chrom/chromat/chromo
color
chron/chrono
time
-cidal/-cide
killing, destroying
cis/o
on this side, on the near side
-clast
breaker
-clysis
washing
co-/col-
with, in association, very, complete
colic
large intestines
colp/colpo
vagina
com/con
with, in association, very, comlete
contra
against
cor
with, in association, very complete
coreo
pupil
brachy
short
cost/costo
rib
crani/cranio
cranium, skull
-crine
secretion
-crit
separation
cry/cryo
cold
crypt/crypto
hidden
cutane/cutaneo
skin
cyan/cyano
blue, cyanide
cycl
circle, cycle, ciliary body
cyst/cysto/cysti
bladder, cyst, cystic duct
cyt-/-cyte/cyto-
cell
-cyte
cell
dacry/dacryo
tears
dactyl/dactylo
finger, toe
de-
away from, cessation
deca/deka
10
deci
one tenth
dent/denti
tooth
dermat/derma/dermato/dermo
skin
-desis
binding
dextr/o
right, towards or on the right side
di/dif
separation, taking apart, reversal, not, un-, two
dia
through
-dipsia/dipso
thirst
dir/dis
separation, taking apart, reversal, not, un-
duo
two
duodeno
duodenum
-dynia
pain
dynamo
force, energy
dys
bad, difficult
-eal
pertaining to
ect-
outer, on the outside
-ectasia/ectasis
dilation, stretching
ecto-
outer, on the outside, without, away
-ectomy
excision
-emphrasis
obstruction
electr/o
electricity
-emia
blood condition
-emisis
vomiting
en-
into, or within
encephal/o
brain
end/o
within, inner, inside
enter/o
intestine
ent/ento
inner, within
epi
upon, following, subsequent to
ergo-
work
erythr/o
red, redness
eso
inward
esthesio
sensation, perception
eu
good, well
esophagi/o
esophagus
ex-
out of, from, away from
exo-
exterior, external, outward
extra-
outside of, without
ferri/ferro
ferric/ferrous ion
fibr/o
fiber
-form
in the form or shape of
gastr/o
stomach, belly
gen-/-gen
producing, coming to be, precursor
genesis
beginning
ger/o
old age
gloss/o
tongue
gluco/glyco
glucose, sugars
Gon-
seed, semen
gonio-
angle
gono
seed, semen
-gram
a recording, record
granu/lo
granular, granule
-graph/-graphy
recording instrument
gyneco/gyne/gyno
women
hecto
one hundred
hem/hemo/hema & hemat/o
blood
hemi
one half
hepat/o/ hepatico
liver
hept/a
seven
hetero
different
hidr/o
sweat
hist/io/o
tissue
homeo/homo
same, constant
hydr/o
water
hyper-
excessive, above normal, high
hypo-
beneath, diminution, deficiency, the lowest
hyster/o
uterus, hysteria, late, following
-ia
a condition
-iasis
condition, state
ic
pertaining to
ics
organized knowledge, practice, treatment
ileo-/ilio
ileum
in-
in, not
-in/-ine
chemical suffix
infra
below
inguino
groin
inter-
between, among
intra/intro
within
ischi/o
ischium
-ism
condition, disease, practice, doctrine
ismus
spasm, contraction
iso-
equal to, isomer, sameness
-ist
specialist
-ite
the nature of, resembling
-ites
-y, -like
-itis/itides
inflammation, plural inflammation
-ive
pertaining to
kal/i
potassium
karyp
nucleus
kerat/o
cornea
kilo
one thousand
kin/kine-/kinesio-/kineso-/kino-
movement, motion
labio-
lip
lacrim/o-
tears
lact-/lacti-/lacto-
milk
laparo-
abdomen, abdominal wall
laryng-/o
larynx
lateri-/latero
lateral, to one side, side
-lepsis/lepsy
seizure
lepto-
light, slender, thin, frail
leuk-/leuko
white
linguo
tongue
lip-/lipo
fat, liquid
lith-/litho
stone, calculus, calcification
-log/log-/logo-
speech, words
-logy
study of, collecting
lymph-/lympho
lymph
lys-/lyso
lysis, dissolution
macr/o
large, long
mal-
bad, deficient
-malacia/malac
softening
mamm/o/a
breast
mania
excessive preoccupation
mast/o
breast
meg-
Large, oversize
mega
large, oversize, one million
megal/o-
large
-megaly
enlargement, large
melan/o-
black
mening-/o-
meninges
ment-/mento
chin
-mer
member of a series
mes-/o-
middle, mean, intermediate, attaching membrane
Meta-
after, behind, joint action, sharing
-meter
measurement, measuring device
metr-/o
uterus
-metry
measurement
micr-/o
small, microscopic
milli-
one thousandth
mon-/o-
single
morph-/o-
form, shape, structure
my-/myo-
muscle
myel-/o-
bone marrow, spinal cord
myx-/o-
mucus
nano-
dwarf, one millionth
nas-/o-
nose
natr-/i-
sodium
nat/o
birth
necr/o
death, necrosis
neo-
new
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o/i-
nerve, nervous system
norm/o
normal
obsttr/bostero
childbirth
octo-
eight
oculo-
eye, ocular
odont/o
tooth
odyn/o
pain
-oid
resemblance to
olig/o
few, little
-oma/-omata
tumour, neoplasm (ata + plural)
onco-/oncho
tumour, bulk, volume
-one
ketone
onych/o
fingernail, toenail
oo-
egg, ovary
oophor/o
ovary
opthalm/o
eye
opt/o optic/o
eye
-opia/-opsia
vision
or-/ori-/oro
mouth
orchi-/orchid-/orchio
testis
orth/o
straight, normal, in proper order
-orrhage
excessive bleeding
-orrhagia
hemorrhage
-orrhaphy
suture
-orrhea
flow, discharge
-orrhexis
rupture
-ose
sugar
-osis/oses
process, condition, state
oste/o ost- ossi osseo
bone
-ostomy
incision
-ous
pertaining to
ovai-/ovario-
ovary
ovi- ovo-
egg
oxa- oxo-
oxygen
oxy-
sharp, acid, acute, shrill, quick, oxygen
pachy-
thick
pan-
all, entire
pant- panto-
all, entire
para-
abnormal, involvement of two like parts
pari-
equal
path- patho-
disease
-pathy
disease
ped/o/i-
child, foot
-penia
deficiency
penta-
five
per-
through, thoroughly, intensely
peri-
around, about
-pexy
fixation, usually, surgical
phaco-
lens
-phage -phagia phago- -phagy
eating, devouring
phako-
lens
phanero-
visible, evident
pharmaco-
drugs, medicine
pharyng/o-
pharynx
phil/o- -philia
attraction, chemical affinity
men/o-
menstruation
oto
ear
-otomy
incision
phleb/o-
vein
-phobia
fear
phon/o-
sound, speech
phor-/phoro-
carrying, bearing
phos- phot/o-
light
phren/i-
diaphragm, mind, phrenic
-phylaxis
protection
phyll/o-
leaf
physi/o-
physical, natural
physo-
swelling, inflammation, air, gas.
phyt/o-
plants
plan/i/o
flat
-plasia
formation
-plasmo/-plasma/-plasmat/-plasmato
plasma
-plasty
surgical repair
platy-
wide, flat
-plegia
paralysis
pleo-
more
plesio-
near, similar
pleur- pleura- pleuro-
rib, side, pleura
pluri-
several, more
-pnea pneo-
breath, respiration
peum/a/at/ato
air, gas lung, breathing
pod- -pod podo-
foot, foot-shaped
-poiesis
production
poikilo-
irregular, variable
polio-
grey
poly
multiplicity, polymer, more
post-
after, behind
pre-
anterior, before
presby-
old
pro-
before, forward, precursor
proct/o
anus, rectum
prot/o-
first
pseudo-
false
psych/o/e
mind
-ptosis
sagging, falling, prolapse
pyel/o-
pelvis
pykn/o-
dense, compact
pyo-
pus
pyreto-
fever
-phrenia
of mind
phrenico- phreno
diaphragm, mind, phrenic
pyro-
fire, heat, fever
quadr/i-
four
rachi/o-
spinal column
radio-
radiation, x-ray, radius
re-
again, backward
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o-
nose
-rrhagia
discharge
-rrhea
flow
-rrhexis
rupture
sacr/o-
flesh, muscle
schisto- schiz/o-
split, cleft, division
sclera- / sclero-
hardness (indurations- fibrous), sclerosis, ocular sclera
scolio-
crooked
-scope
instrument for viewing
-scopy
viewing
scot-/scoto-
shadow, darkness
semi-
one-half, partly
sept/o-
seven, septum, sepsis/infection
septi-
seven
sial/o-
saliva, salivary gland
sider/o-
iron
sigmoid/o-
s-shaped or sigmoid colon
sin/o- sinu-
sinus
somat/o- somatic-
body, bodily
somno-
sleep
son/o-
sound, ultrasound
spasmo-
spasm
sphygmo-
pulse
spir/o-
breathing
spleen- spleno-
spleen
staphyl/o-
grape, bunch of grapes, staphylococci
-stasis
stopping
-stat
arresting change or movement
-steno
narrowness, constriction
stereo
solid
stheno
strength, force, power
stomat/o stom/a
mouth
sub-
beneath, less than normal, inferior
recto/o
rectum, straight
retro-
backward, behind
salping/o-
tube
sarco-
flesh, muscle
super-
in excess, above, superior, in the upper part
supra-
above
sy-/ syl-/sym-/syn-/sys-
together, joined, fused
tachy-
rapid, over
tel/e-
distant
ten/din- teno- tenont- tenonto-
tendon
tetra
four
thel/o-
nipple
thera
therapy
therm/o-
heat
thesis
put, place
thorac/o thoracico
chest, thorax
thromb/o-
blood clot
thyr/o
thyroid gland
-tic
put, place
toco-
childbirth
-tome
cutting instrument
-tomy
cutting, operation
tono
tone, tension, pressure
top/o
place, topical
tox/i- toxico- toxo-
toxin, poison
trache/o-
trachea
trans-
across, through, beyond
tri- tris-
three
trich/i/ia -trichia
hair
tropho- trophic- -trophy
food, nutrition, development
-tropia
turning
-tropic
turning towards, affinity
ultra-
beyond
uni-
one, single
uri- -uric/o
uric acid
-uria
urine, urination
uro
urine, urinary tract
vas-
duct, blood vessel
vasculo-
blood vessel
vas/o-
duct, blood vessel
vesic/o-
urinary bladder, vesicle
xanth/o-
yellow, yellowish
xero-
dry
zo- zoo-
animal, life
zym- zymo-
fermentation, enzymes