Mid Term Review Flashcards
arthr/o
joint
oste/o, ost/o, oss/e
bone
my/o
muscle
ateri/o
arteries
hem/o
blood
cardi/o
heart
phleb/o
veins
ven/o
veins
pneum/o
lungs
nas/o
nose
col/o, colon/o
large intestine
hepat/o
liver
or/o
mouth
enter/o
small intestine
gastr/o
stomach
encephal/o
brain
nephr/o
kidney
ren/o
kidney
cutane/o
skin
acoust/o
ears
ot/o
ears
ocul/o
eyes
neur/o
nerves
a-, an-
without, lacking
ab-
away from
ad-, af-
toward, to
ante-
before, in front of
anti-, ant-
against, opposing
auto-
self
brachy-
short
brady-
slow
dia-
through, between
dys-
difficult, bad, painful
endo-
inside
epi-
upon, on, over
hyper-
excessive, above
hypo-
under, deficient
inter-
between
neo-
new
poly-
many
tachy-
fast
peri-
around
xero-
dry
-ac, -al, -ic
pertaining to, related to
-ial, -ary
located in
-algia, -dynia
pain
-asthenia
weakness
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-cidal
killing
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
-ectomy
surgical removal
-emesis
vomit
-er, -ist
person or agent
-genesis
beginning, origin
-iac
person afflicted with
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor
-pathy
disease
-plasty
surgical repair
-pnea
breathing
-rrhage, -rrhagia
excessive flow
-sarcoma
malignant tumor
-spasm
sudden involuntary movement
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
alb/o
white
cry/o
cold
cyan/o
blue
histi/o
tissue
lip/o
fat
leuk/o
white
melan/o
black
myc/o
fungus
onych/o
nail
pachy/o
thick
pil/o
hair
sclera/o
hardening
para-
beside
sub-
under, below
-itis
inflammation
-malacia
softening
-opsy
view of, viewing
-plasty
surgical repair
-oma
tumor
-osis
condition, disease
ankyl/o
crooked, bent, stiff
chondr/o
cartilage
cost/o
rib
crani/o
skull
-desis
to bind, tie together
kyph/o
bent, hump
lord/o
curve, swayback
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
scoli/o
curved, bent
spondyl/o
vertebrae, vertebral column
synovi/o, synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
-um
singular noun ending
an/o
anus, ring
chol/o
bile, gall
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
proct/o
anus, rectum