Medical Terminology Unit 1 Flashcards
Word root
Foundation of the word
Tells which organ system
Prefix
Small part attached to beginning
Tells location, up or down, inside or outside, etc.
Suffix
Word ending
Describes condition
Combining vowel
Vowel (usually o, e, or I) that links root to suffix or root to another root.
Combining form
root + combing vowel
Gastr/o
Stomach
Glyc/o
Blood sugar
Derm/o or Dermat/o
skin
Around
Peri
Below
Hypo/Sub
Above
Hyper/Epi
Excessive
Hyper
Between
Inter
Within
Intra
Inside
Intra
Aden/o
Gland
Hepat/o
Liver
Hemat/o or Hem/o
Blood
Cardi/o
Heart
Carcin/o
Cancer
Arthr/o
Joint
Cyst/o
Urinary Bladder
Cyt/o
Cell
Oma
tumor
Itis
Inflammation
Ic
pertaining to
Ology
study of
Ectomy
surgical removal
Bi
2 or life
Cephal/o
Head
Scopy
Process of visually examining
Enter/o
intestine (usually small)
Electr/o
Electric
Log/o
Study of
Ren/o
Kidney
Nephro/o
Kidney
-tomy
cut into, incision
Prognosis
Prediction about outcome of treatment
cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
crin/o
to secrete (to form and give off)
erythr/o
red
gnos/o
knowledge
erythrocyte
red blood cell
gynec/o
woman, female
encephal/o
brain
iatr/o
treatment, physician
leuk/o
white
leukocyte
white blood cell
neur/o
nerve
onc/o
tumor
opthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
path/o
disease
ped/o
child or feet
psych/p
mind
radi/o
x-ray
rhin/o
nose (inner)
sarc/o
flesh
sect/o
to cut
thromb/o
clot, clotting
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
ac
pertaining to
al
pertaining to
algia
pain
eal
pertaining to
ium
pertaining to