GVC Flashcards
1
Q
a-
A
without
2
Q
ab-
A
away from
3
Q
ad-
A
towards
4
Q
adip/o
A
fat
5
Q
-al
A
pertaining to
6
Q
-algia
A
pain
7
Q
an-
A
without
8
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
9
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anti-
A
against
10
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
11
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
12
Q
ather/o
A
front
13
Q
brady-
A
slow
14
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
15
Q
bucc/o
A
inside of cheek
16
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
17
Q
-cele
A
hernia
18
Q
-centesis
A
puncture to remove fluid
19
Q
chol/e
A
bile
20
Q
cholangi/o
A
bile vessel
21
Q
cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
22
Q
choledoch/o
A
common bile duct
23
Q
chrondr/o
A
cartilage
24
Q
circum-
A
around, surrounding
25
cirrh/o
Yellow, tawny
26
-cision
process of cutting
27
-clasia
breakdown
28
-clasis
breakdown
29
-clast
breakdown
30
cost/o
rib
31
cyan/o
blue
32
cyst/o
urinary bladder
33
cyt/o
cell
34
-cyte
cell
35
-desis
binding, fixation
36
dia-
complete.through
37
dys-
abnormal,bad,difficult,painful
38
-ectasis
dilation or expansion
39
-ectomy
excision, removal
40
-emesis
the action or process of vomiting
41
-emia
blood condition
42
epi-
above,upon
43
erythema
redness
44
gastr/o
stomach
45
-genesis
conditioning producing, forming
46
gloss/o
tongue
47
-graft
healthy skin or bone taken from the body
48
-gram
record
49
-graph
instrument for recording
50
-graphy
process of recording
51
hem/o
blood
52
hepat/o
liver
53
heter/o
two, different
54
hist/o
tissue
55
homo-
same
56
hypo-
deficient,below,less
57
hyper-
excessive, above
58
-ia
condition
59
infra-
within
60
-ism
process, condition
61
-itis
inflammation
62
jaund/o
yellow, jaundice
63
kerat/o
cornea; hard; horny tissue
64
leuk/o
white
65
lith/o
stone
66
-malacia
softening
67
-megaly
enlargement
68
melan/o
black
69
my/o
muscle
70
nephr/o
kidney
71
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
72
orth/o
straight
73
-osis
condition, abnormal
74
oste/o
bone
75
-pathy
disease condition
76
peri-
surrounding, around
77
phleb/o
vein
78
-phobia
fear
79
-plasia
development, formation, growth
80
-plasty
surgical repair
81
-plegia
paralysis
82
-pnea
deficiency
83
pneum/o
lung
84
-ptosis
falling,drooping,prolapse
85
retro-
behind
86
-rrhage
excessive bleeding
87
-rrhagia
excessive bleeding
88
-rrhaphy
repairing, suturing
89
-rrhea
flow,discharge
90
-rrhexis
rupture
91
scler/o
hardening
92
-scope
instrument used to view
93
-spasm
sudden, involuntary contraction of muscle
94
-stenosis
constriction, narrowing
95
steth/o
chest
96
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
97
sub-
below, under
98
tachy-
fast
99
-tome
instrument used to cut
100
-tomy
process of cutting, incision
101
-tripsy
surgical crushing
102
ven/o
vein
