Lesson 1, 2 and 3 Flashcards
acanth-
thorn, spine
alg-
pain
alges-
sensitivity to pain
all-
other, divergence, difference from
angi-
(blood) vessel, duct
arteri-
(air passage) artery
arthr-
joint
bi-
life
brady-
slow
cardi-
heart
cephal-
head
crani-
skull
cyt-, -cyt-
cell
encephal-
brain
erythr-
red, red blood celll
lept-
thin, fine, slight
leuk-
white, white blood cell
Lith-
stone, calculus
log-, -log-
word, study
malac-
soft
mes-
middle, secondary, partial, mesentery
-meter, metr-
measure, measuring device
nephr-
kidney
neur-
nerve, nervous sytem
oste-
bone
prax-, -prax-
act, action
prot-
first, primitive, early
scler-
hard
stere-
solid, having three dimesions
tachy-
rapid
tox(i)-
poison
-logy, -logist (sf)
study, science, the study or science of
-malacia (sf)
the softening (of tissues) of
-sclerosis (sf)
the hardening (of tissues) of
-stenosis (sf)
the narrowing (of a part of the body)
-toxic (sf)
poisonous
acr-
[highest point] extremities particularly the hands and feet
ambly-
dull, faint
carcin-
carcinoma, cancer
-cel-
hernia, tumor, swelling
cheir-, chir-
hand
chol (e)-
bile, gall
col (i)- , colon-
colon
cyan-
blue
cyst (i)- , -cystis
bladder, cyst
diplo-
double, twin
enter-
(small) intestine
erg-
action, work
gaster-
stomach
hem-, hemat-, -em-
blood
hepar-, hepat-
liver
lip-
fat
macr-
(abnormally) large or long
mega-, megal-
(abnormally) large or long
melan-
dark, black
micr-
(abnormally) small
nyct-
night
odyn-
pain
onc-
tumor
pachy-
thick
pseud-
false
py-
pus
sarc-
flesh, soft tissue
spasm-
spasm, involuntary muscular contraction
splen-
spleen
stom-, stomat-
mouth, opening
Arachn-
spider, web; arachnoid membrane
chlor-
green
chondr-
cartilage
dactyl-
finger, toe
derm (at), -derma
skin
(h) elc-
ulcer
hidr (ot)-, -idr
sweat
hist (i)
[web] tissue
hydr-
water, fluid
hypn-
sleep
icter-
jaundice
in-, inos-
fiber, muscle
is-
equal, same, similar,alike
mening-, -meninx-
meningeal membrane, meninges
my (s)- myos-
muscle
myc (et)-
fungus
myel-
bone marrow, spinal cord
narc-
stupor; numbness
necr-
corpse, dead
olig-
few, deficient
onych-
fingernail, toenail
pod-
foot
poly-
many, excessive
por-
passage, oepningm duct, pore, cavity
psych-
mind
som (at)- , som-
body
sthen-
strength
trachel-
neck, cervix
xanth-
yellow