Language of medicine 1 Flashcards
arthr/o
joint
cyst/o
urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
encephal/o
brain
aden/o
gland
cyt/o
cell
carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
-gram
record
-itis
inflammation
-opsy
process of viewing
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
-scopy
process of visually examining
-logy
process of study
hyper-
excessive, above, more than normal
peri-
surrounding, around
epi-
above, upon
trans-
across, through
hypo-
deficient, below, under, less than normal
dia-
complete, through
root
foundation of the word
suffix
word ending
combining vowel
vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root
prefix
word beginning
combining form
combination of the root and the combining vowel
bi/o
life
cardi/o
heart
cephal/o
head
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
-al
pertaining to
cis/o
to cut
in-
into, in
-ion
process
ex-, exo-
out, outside of, outward
crin/o
to secrete (to form and give off)