Medical Word Elements Flashcards
1
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cyt/o
A
cell
2
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hist/o
A
tissue
3
Q
kary/o
A
nucleus
4
Q
nucle/o
A
nucleus
5
Q
anter/o
A
anterior, front
6
Q
caud/o
A
tail
7
Q
cephal/o
A
head
8
Q
dist/o
A
far, farthest
9
Q
dors/o
A
back of body
10
Q
infer/o
A
lower, below
11
Q
later/o
A
side, to one side
12
Q
medi/o
A
middle
13
Q
poster/o
A
back (of body), behind, posterior
14
Q
proxim/o
A
near, nearest
15
Q
ventr/o
A
belly, belly side
16
Q
albin/o
A
white
17
Q
leuk/o
A
white
18
Q
chrom/o
A
color
19
Q
cirrh/o
A
yellow
20
Q
jaund/o
A
yellow
21
Q
xanth/o
A
yellow
22
Q
cyan/o
A
blue
23
Q
erythr/o
A
red
24
Q
melan/o
A
black
25
poli/o
gray
26
radi/o
radiation, x-ray; radius
27
tom/o
to cut
28
viscer/o
internal organs
29
adip/o
fat
30
lip/o
fat
31
steat/o
fat
32
cutane/o
skin
33
dermat/o
skin
34
derm/o
skin
35
hidr/o
sweat
36
sudor/o
sweat
37
ichthy/o
dry, scaly
38
kerat/o
horny tissue; hard
39
melan/o
black
40
myc/o
fungus
41
onych/o
nail
42
ungu/o
nail
43
pil/o
hair
44
trich/o
hair
45
scler/o
hardening
46
seb/o
sebum
47
squam/o
scale
48
xen/o
foreign, strange
49
xer/o
dry
50
or/o
mouth
51
stomat/o
mouth
52
gloss/o
tongue
53
lingu/o
tongue
54
bucc/o
cheek
55
cheil/o
lip
56
labi/o
lip
57
dent/o
teeth
58
odont/o
teeth
59
gingiv/o
gums
60
sial/o
saliva
61
esophag/o
esophagus
62
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
63
gastr/o
stomach
64
pylor/o
pylorus
65
duoden/o
duodenum (first part of small intestine)
66
enter/o
intestine (usually small intestine)
67
jejun/o
jejunum (second part of small intestine)
68
ile/o
ileum (third part of small intestine)
69
append/o
appendix
70
appendic/o
appendix
71
col/o
colon
72
colon/o
colon
73
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
74
rect/o
rectum
75
proct/o
anus, rectum
76
an/o
anus
77
hepat/o
liver
78
pancreat/o
pancreas
79
cholangi/o
bile, vessel
80
chol/e
bile, gall
81
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
82
choledoch/o
bile duct
83
nas/o
nose
84
rhin/o
nose
85
sept/o
septum
86
sinus/o
sinus, cavity
87
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
88
adenoid/o
adenoids
89
tonsill/o
tonsils
90
epiglott/o
epiglottis
91
laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
92
trache/o
trachea
93
bronchi/o
bronchus
94
bronch/o
bronchus
95
bronchiol/o
bronchiole
96
alveol/o
alveolus; air sac
97
pleur/o
pleura
98
pneum/o
air; lung
99
pneumon/o
air; lung
100
pulmon/o
lung
101
anthrac/o
coal, coal dust
102
atel/o
incomplete, imperfect
103
coni/o
dust
104
cyan/o
blue
105
lob/o
lobe
106
orth/o
straight
107
ox/o
oxygen
108
pector/o
chest
109
steth/o
chest
110
thorac/o
chest
111
phren/o
diaphragm; mind
112
spir/o
breathe
113
aneurysm/o
aneurysm (widened blood vessel)
114
angi/o
blood vessel
115
vascul/o
vessel
116
aort/o
aorta
117
arteri/o
artery
118
arteriol/o
arteriole
119
artri/o
atrium
120
ather/o
fatty plaque
121
cardi/o
heart
122
coron/o
heart
123
electr/o
electricity
124
embol/o
embolus (plug)
125
hemangi/o
blood vessel
126
my/o
muscle
127
phleb/o
vein
128
ven/o
vein
129
scler/o
hardening
130
sept/o
septum
131
sphygm/o
pulse
132
sten/o
narrowing, stricture
133
thromb/o
blood clot
134
valv/o
valve
135
valvul/o
valve
136
ventricul/o
ventricle (of heart or brain)
