Key Verbs (47) Flashcards
-algia
neur/algia
pain
nerve/pain
-audi, -audio
audio/meter
hear, hearing
hearing/measure
bio-
bio/logy
to live
study of living
cau-, caus-
caus/algia
to burn
burning/pain
-centesis
pneumono/ccentesis
puncture, perforate
lung/puncture
-clas, -clast, -clasis
cyto/clasis
to smash, breakdown
cell/breakdown
-duct, -doch-
ab/duct/ion
chole/doch/itis
duct/al
canal or to draw
away/draw or lead/process
bile/duct/inflamed
canal/refers to
-dynia
thoraco/dynia
pain
chest/pain
-ecta, -ectasis
vas/ectasis
to dilate
vessel/dilated
-edem-
lymph/edema
to swell
watery/swelling
-esthes/ia, -phoro-
an/esthesia
eu/phoria
to feel (physical), to sense (mental)
without/body feeling
good mental feeling
-fiss-, -schiz-
fiss/ion
to split
splitting/process of
-flec, -flex
re/flex
to bend
again/bend
flu-, flux-
af/flu/ent
re/flux
flux/ion
to flow
toward/flow/refers to
again/flow
to become fluid/process
-gen
carcino/gen/esis
to produce, form, develop, or begin
crab-leg like/development/condition
-iatr-, -iatr/o-, -therap/y
ger/iatr/ics
ped/iatr/ics
to treat, cure
old age/cure/procedure of
children/cure/procedure of
-kine-, -kino-, kinesio-, -praxia
kinesi/ology
pharmaco/prax/ia
to move
study of motion/procedure of
drug/movement/refers to
-liga-, -desis
liga/ment
to bind
to bind/smallness
-ology
cardi/o/log/y
to study
heart/science/study of/process of
-ly, -lysis
auto/lysis
to break up, to dissolve
cell self destruction
-morph-, -morpho-
a/morph/ous
form, shape
no definite form or shape/refers to
olfact-, -osmia
olfacto/phobia
an/osmia
to smell
fear of smells
without/smell/refers to
-op-, opt-, -opto-, -opsy
my/opia
hyper/opia
opto/metr/ist
bi/opsy
vision, sight, to see
near-sighted
far-sighted
vision/measure/specialist
live/viewing
palpit-
palpit/ation
to flutter
flutter/refers to
-par-, -part, -partus-, -toci-
partur/ition
dys/toc/ia
to labor
giving birth/process of
act of difficult/birth/refers to
-pep-
dys/pep/sia
to digest
faulty/digestion/refers to
-pexy
nephr/o/pex/y
to fix
kidney/surgical fixation/procedure of
-phag-, -phago-
phago/cytosis
to eat
eating/cells increase
-phas-
dys/phas/ia
to speak, utter
difficulty/speaking/refers to
-phil-
hemo/phil/iac
acido/phil/ia
to like, love, affinity for
blood/loves/refers to
acid stain-liking or staining with acid stains/refers to
-phob-
hydro/phob/ia
to fear
water/fear/refers to
-phrag-
dia/phragm
fence off, to wall off
across/partition or wall “separates thorax from abdomen”
-plas-, -plasm, -plast/y
neo/plasm
rhino/plasty
repair, to form, grow
new/growth
nose/repairing
-pleg-
quardi/pleg/ia
to be paralyzed
four “4 limbs”/paralysis/refers to
-pnea
a/pnea
to breathe
lack of/breathing
-phono-
a/phon/ia
voice or sound
lack of/voice or sound/refers
-poie-
hemat/o/poie/sis
to make
blood/making/condition
-ptosis
splanchn/o/ptosis
to fall, to droop
viscera/dropping
-o/rrhagia
men/o/rrhagia
to burst forth, pour
monthly “abnormal bleeding” menstration/refers to
-o/rrhaphy
nephr/o/rrhaph/y
to suture
kidney/suture or sewing/procedure of
-o/rrhea
leuk/o/rrhea
to flow, discharge
white/discharge or flow “from vagina”
-o/rrhexis
enter/o/rrhexis
to rupture
intestines/rupture
-therap/y
chem/o/therap/y
heal, treat, cure
chemicals/cure/procedure of
-tomy
append/ec/tom/y
to cut, incise
appendage/out/cut/refers to
-troph-, -troph/y
hyper/troph/y
to nourish, to develop, formation process
increase/in size or over-nourishment/process of
-volvo-
volv/ulus
to turn, twist
twisting of internal part/refers to
-vulvo-
vulv/us
to cover
female genital covering/refers to
