Med Health Terminology Flashcards
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Combining Form
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Combination of the root and the combining vowel
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Combining Vowel
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Vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root
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Prefix
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Word beginning
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Root
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Foundation of the term
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Suffix
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Word ending
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Aden/o (CF)
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Gland
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Arthr/o (CF)
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Joint
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Bi/o (CF)
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Life
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Carcin/o (CF)
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Cancer/Cancerous
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Cardi/o (CF)
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Heart
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Cephal/o (CF)
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Head
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Cerebr/o (CF)
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Cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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Cis/o (CF)
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To cut
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Crin/o (CF)
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To secrete (to form and give off)
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Cyst/o (CF)
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Urinary Bladder
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Cyt/o (CF)
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Cell
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Derm/o (CF)
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Skin
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Dermat/o (CF)
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Skin
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Electr/o (CF)
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Electricity
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Encephal/o (CF)
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Brain
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Enter/o (CF)
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Intestines (usually the small intestine)
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Erythr/o (CF)
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Red
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Gastr/o (CF)
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Stomach
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Glyc/o (CF)
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Sugar
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Gnos/o (CF)
Knowledge
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Gynec/o (CF)
Woman, Female
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Hemat/o (CF)
Blood
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Hem/o (CF)
Blood
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Hepat/o (CF)
Liver
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Iatr/o (CF)
Treatment/Physician
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Luek/o (CF)
White
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Log/o (CF)
Study of
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Nephr/o (CF)
Kidney
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Neur/o (CF)
Nerve
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Onc/o (CF)
Tumor (cancerous)
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Ophthalm/o (CF)
Eye
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Oste/o (CF)
Bone
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Path/o (CF)
Disease
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Ped/o (CF)
Child
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Psych/o (CF)
Mind
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Radi/o (CF)
X-rays
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Ren/o (CF)
Kidney
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Rhin/o (CF)
Nose
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Sarc/o (CF)
Flesh
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Sect/o (CF)
To cut
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Thromb/o (CF)
Clot/Clotting
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Ur/o (CF)
Urinary tract/Urine
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-Ac (S)
Pertaining to
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-Al (S)
Pertaining to
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-Algia (S)
Pain
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-Cyte (S)
Cell
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-Ectomy (S)
Excision/Removal
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-Emia (S)
Blood condition
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-Genic (S)
Pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
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-Globin (S)
Protein
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-Gram (S)
Record
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-Ic, -Ical (S)
Pertaining to
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-Ion (S)
Process
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-Ist (S)
Specialist
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-Itis (S)
Inflammation
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-Logy (S)
Process of study
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-Oma (S)
Tumor, mass, swelling
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-Opsy (S)
Process of viewing
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-Osis (S)
Condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers)
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-Pathy (S)
Disease/condition
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-Scope (S)
Instrument to visually examine
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-Scopy (S)
Process of visually examining
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-Sis (S)
State of; condition
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-Tomy (S)
Process of cutting; incision
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-Y (S)
Process; condition
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A-/An- (P)
No, not, without
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Aut-/Auto- (P)
Self, own
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Dia- (P)
Complete, through
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Endo- (P)
Within
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Epi- (P)
Above, upon
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Ex-/Exo- (P)
Out, outside of, outward
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Hyper- (P)
Excessive, above, more than normal
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Hypo- (P)
Deficient, below, under, less than normal
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In- (P)
Into, in
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Peri- (P)
Surrounding, around
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Pro- (P)
Before, forward
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Re- (P)
Back, backward, again
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Retro- (P)
Behind
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Sub- (P)
Below, under
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Trans- (P)
Across, through
