Final Word Part Review Flashcards
a-
no, not, without
an-
no, not, without
aden/o
gland
-algia
pain
-dynia
pain
angi/o
blood or lymph vessel
arthr/o
joint
ather/o
plaque, fatty substance
blephar/o
eyelid
brady-
slow
bucc/o
cheek tissue
calc/i
calcium
cardi/o
heart
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
cephal/o
head
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
chondr/o
cartilage
col/o
colon, large intestine
colp/o
vagina
contra-
against, counter, opposite
cor/o
pupil
cubit/o
elbow
-cusis
hearing
cyan/o
blue
cyst/
urinary bladder
-cyte
cell
dacry/o
tear
derm/o
skin
dermat/o
skin
-dynia
pain
dys-
bad, difficult, painful
-ectomy
surgical removal
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
blood, blood condition
enter/o
small intestine
erythr/o
red
fasci/o
fascia
gastr/o
stomach
-genesis
creation
gloss/o
tongue
lingu/o
tongue
-gravida
pregnancy
hepat/o
liver
hem/o
blood
hyper-
excessive, increased
hypo-
deficient, decreased
inter-
between, among
intra-
within, inside
-itis
inflammation
kal/I
potassium
kinesi/o
movement
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal cavity
leuk/o
white
-lysis
breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction
-malacia
abnormal softening
-megaly
enlargement
metr/o
uterus
myc/o
fungus
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
nat/I
birth
nephr/o
kidney
ren/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
olfact/o
smell, sense of smell
-ologist
specialist
-oma
tumor, neoplasm
oophor/o
ovary
orchid/o
testicles
oste/o
bone
-ostomy
surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
ot/o
ear
path/o
disease
-phonia
sound, voice
peri-
surrounding, around
-pexy
surgical fixation
-phasia
speak or speech
-plasia
development, growth, formation
-plasty
surgical repair
-pnea
breathing
-poiesis
formation, to make
pre-
before, in front of
presby/o
old age
-ptosis
droop, sag, fall
py/o
pus
rhin/o
nose
-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
-rrhea
flow or discharge
scler/o
sclera, white of eye, hard
-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
-scopy
visual examination
sphygm/o
pulse
-stasis
control, stop, maintenance of a constant level
-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
sub-
under, less, below
tachy-
fast, rapid
therm/o
heat
thorac/o
chest
-uria
urination, urine
xanth/o
yellow
anti-
against
carp/o
wrist bones
crani/o
skull
front/o
forehead, brow
furc/o
forking, branching
hemi-
half
im-
not
in-
in, into, not, without
ili/o
ilium, hip bone
iso-
equal
ment/o
mind, chin
nas/o
nose
neo-
new, strange
-pepsia
digestion
poplit/o
back of the knee
scapul/o
shoulder blade
tempor/o
temporal bone, temple
zygomat/o
cheek bone
acr/o
extremities
-asthenia
weakness
immun/o
immune
lith/o
stone
ment/o
mind, chin
my/o
muscle
-phage
to eat
tax/o
coordination
-tripsy
to crush
macro-
large