Medical Terminology Ch. 1 Flashcards
1
Q
What do Greek roots describe
A
Disease, condition, treatment, or diagnosis
2
Q
What do Latin roots describe
A
Anatomical structure
3
Q
Skin
A
dermat/cutane
4
Q
Kidney
A
nephr/ren
5
Q
Mouth
A
stomat/or
6
Q
Erythr
A
red
7
Q
Gastr
A
stomach
8
Q
Hepat
A
liver
9
Q
Immun
A
Immune/Immunity/Safe
10
Q
oste
A
bone
11
Q
itis
A
inflammation
12
Q
Megaly
A
elargement
13
Q
Oma
A
tumor
14
Q
an
A
without/not
15
Q
hyper
A
excessive, above normal
16
Q
Esthes
A
feeling
17
Q
ia
A
condition
18
Q
Therm
A
heat
19
Q
intra
A
in/within
20
Q
muscul
A
muscle
21
Q
ar
A
pertaining to
22
Q
para
A
near/beside/beyond
23
Q
nas
A
nose
24
Q
al
A
pertaining to
25
poly
many/much
26
ur
urine
27
pre
before
28
nat
birth
29
enter
intestine
30
cyte
cell
31
Eaxmple: hepat/o
combining form
32
chondr
cartilage
33
arthr
Joint
34
hemat
blood
35
emesis
vomiting
36
dynia
pain
37
centesis
surgical puncture
38
logy
study of
39
encephal
brain
40
mening
meninges
