Language of Medicine Flashcards
angio
vessel - root
arterio
artery - root
arthro
joint - root
auto
self - root
bio
live, living - root
carcino
cancer - root
cardio
heart - root
chondro
cartilage - root
dermo, dermato
skin - root
duro
hard - root
entero
intestine - root
erythro
red - root
gastro
stomach - root
glyco, gluco
sugar - root
hemato, hemo
blood - root
hepato
liver - root
histo
tissue - root
hystero
uterus - root
hydro
water - root
leuko
white - root
lingu
tongue - root
lipo
fat - root
meningo
membrane - root
morpho
form - root
myo, sarco
muscle - root
nephro, reno
kidney - root
neuro
nerve - root
oculo
eye - root
os, osteo
bone - root
oto
ear - root
patho
pathology, disease - root
phago
to eat - root
pneumo
lung, air - root
sclero
hard - root
stato
stand still - root
thermo
heat - root
a-, an-
lack of, without
ante-
before
anti-
against
bi-
two, double
brady-
slow
circum-
around
co-, con-
with, together
di-, dipl-
two
dys-
painful, bad, difficult
ecto/o-
outer, outside
end/o-
within, inside
epi-
upon
extra-
outside, beyond
hemi-
half
heter/o-
other
home/o-
same, steady
hyper-
beyond, excessive
hypo-
below, deficient
infra-
below
inter-
between
intra-
within, inside
macr-
large, giant
meta-, mesa-
middle
micr-
small
mono-
one
neo-
new
para-
near, beyond, beside
peri-
around
poly-
many
pre-, pro-
before
pseud/o-
false
semi-
half
super-, supra-
above
sym-, syn-
with, together
tachy-
fast
trans-
across, through
-ac, -al, -ic
pertaining to
-algia
painful condition
-asis, -osis
condition or state of
-cyte
cell
-ectomy
to cut out, removal of
-emia
blood condition
-genic
producing
-gram
record, recording
-ician
person associated with
-itis
inflammation of
-logy, -ology
science or study of
-lysis
dissolving, separating
-mers
parts
-oma
tumour
-ostomy
create opening
-pathy
disease
-penia
deficiency
-plegia
paralysis
-pnea
breath
-poiesis
making, forming
-rrhage
excessive flow
-stasis
stand still, resting state
-trophy
relating to nutrition or growth
-uria
urine
