Medical Terminology Unit 1 Flashcards by Armaan Chaudhry | Brainscape

Q

Word root

A

Foundation of the word

Tells which organ system

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Prefix

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Small part attached to beginning

Tells location, up or down, inside or outside, etc.

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Suffix

A

Word ending

Describes condition

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Combining vowel

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Vowel (usually o, e, or I) that links root to suffix or root to another root.

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Combining form

A

root + combing vowel

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Gastr/o

A

Stomach

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Glyc/o

A

Blood sugar

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Derm/o or Dermat/o

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skin

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Around

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Peri

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Below

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Hypo/Sub

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Above

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Hyper/Epi

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Excessive

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Hyper

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Between

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Inter

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Within

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Intra

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Inside

A

Intra

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Aden/o

A

Gland

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Hepat/o

A

Liver

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Hemat/o or Hem/o

A

Blood

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Cardi/o

A

Heart

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Carcin/o

A

Cancer

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Arthr/o

A

Joint

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Cyst/o

A

Urinary Bladder

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Cyt/o

A

Cell

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Oma

A

tumor

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Itis

A

Inflammation

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Ic

A

pertaining to

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Ology

A

study of

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Ectomy

A

surgical removal

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Bi

A

2 or life

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Cephal/o

A

Head

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Scopy

A

Process of visually examining

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Enter/o

A

intestine (usually small)

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Electr/o

A

Electric

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Log/o

A

Study of

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Ren/o

A

Kidney

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Nephro/o

A

Kidney

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-tomy

A

cut into, incision

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Prognosis

A

Prediction about outcome of treatment

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cerebr/o

A

cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

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crin/o

A

to secrete (to form and give off)

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erythr/o

A

red

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gnos/o

A

knowledge

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erythrocyte

A

red blood cell

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gynec/o

A

woman, female

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encephal/o

A

brain

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iatr/o

A

treatment, physician

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leuk/o

A

white

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leukocyte

A

white blood cell

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neur/o

A

nerve

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onc/o

A

tumor

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opthalm/o

A

eye

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oste/o

A

bone

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path/o

A

disease

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ped/o

A

child or feet

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psych/p

A

mind

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radi/o

A

x-ray

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rhin/o

A

nose (inner)

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sarc/o

A

flesh

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sect/o

A

to cut

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thromb/o

A

clot, clotting

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ur/o

A

urinary tract, urine

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ac

A

pertaining to

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al

A

pertaining to

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algia

A

pain

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eal

A

pertaining to

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ium

A

pertaining to