Diagnostic Word Elements Flashcards
gnos/o
a knowing, knowledge
-gnosis
a knowing, knowledge
eti/o
cause
aeti/o
cause
esthesi/o
sensation, feeling
-esthesia
sensation, feeling
morb/o
disease
nos/o
disease
path/o
disease, feeling, suffering
-pathy
disease, feeling, suffering
-path
one affect by a disease, one who treats a disease
mort/o
death
thanat/o
death
-thanasia
death
necr/o
dead body, dead
febr/o
fever
pyr/o
fever, fire
pyret/o
fever
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
-emia
condition of blood
-hemia
condition of blood
-poly
many
multi-
many
cal/o
heat
rubr/o
red, redness
erythr/o
red, redness (red blood cells)
tum/o
swelling, tumor, abnormal mass
onc/o
swelling, tumor, abnormal mass
-oncus
swelling, tumor, abnormal mass
edemat/o
swelling
-edema
swelling
troph/o
nourishment
-trophy
nourishment
tabet/o
wasting
cel/o
hernia, protrusion
-cele
hernia, protrusion
cyt/o
cell
cell/o
cell
cellul/o
cell
cancer/o
cancer, crab
cancr/o
spreading ulcer
carcin/o
cancer, crab
mal/o
bad, faulty
kak/o
bad, faulty
cac/o
bad, faulty
phlog/o
inflammation
dol/o
pain
noc/o
pain
noxi/o
pain
alg/o
pain
-algia
painful condition
-algesia
sense of pain
odyn/o
pain
-odynia
painful condition
acu/o
needle, needle-like
acut/o
sharp, pointed
oxy/o
sharp, quick, acid, oxygen
-oxia
oxygen condition
chron/o
time
pur/o
pus
py/o
pus
rhe/o
flow
-rrhea
a discharge (of a fluid)
-rhexis
a rupture
-rrhagia
rupture with profuse discharge of a fluid (typically blood)
-rrhage
rupture with profuse discharge of a fluid (typically blood)
-rrhagy
rupture with profuse discharge of a fluid (typically blood)
rhagad/o
tear, fissure, cleft
-penia
decrease, deficiency
mega-
enlargement, large
megal/o
enlargement, large
-megaly
enlargement, large
micr/o
small
macr/o
large, long
lys/o
breakdown, dissolving
-lysis
breakdown, dissolving
malac/o
soft, abnormal softening
-malacia
soft, abnormal softening
-ptosis
downward displacement, prolapse
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
-ectasia
dilation, expansion
schiz/o
a splitting, a cleft
-schisis
a splitting, a cleft
stas/o
a standing, stoppage, cause to stand
stat/o
a standing, stoppage, cause to stand
-stasis
a standing, stoppage, cause to stand
-stat
a device for stopping, ceasing something
poiet/o
to make, produce
-poiesis
to make, produce
plast/o
formed, molded
-plast
forming cell or organelle
-plasia
condition of formation, growth
fac/o
to make, cause
fic/o
to make, cause
fact/o
to make, cause
fect/o
to make, cause
-gen
to become, be produced
graph/o
writing
-graph
a device for an image or written record, or the record itself
-graphy
process of recording, writing
grammat/o
something written or drawn
gramm/o
something written or drawn
-gram
a record or image of something
metr/o
measure, measurement
-meter
measuring instrument
