Module #1: Components Flashcards
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aden/o
A
gland
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arthr/o
A
joint
3
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bi/o
A
life
4
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carcin/o
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cancer
5
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cardi/o
A
heart
6
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cephal/o
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head
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
8
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cis/o
A
to cut
9
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crin/o
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to secrete
10
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder; a sac or cyst
11
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cyt/o
A
cell (mature)
12
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derm/o
dermat/o
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skin
13
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electr/o
A
electricity
14
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encephal/o
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brain
15
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enter/o
A
intestines (usually small intestine)
16
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erythr/o
A
red
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gastr/o
A
stomach
18
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glyc/o
A
sugar
19
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gnos/o
A
knowledge
20
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gynec/o
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woman, female
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hemat/o
hem/o
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blood
22
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hepat/o
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liver
23
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iatr/o
A
treatment, physician
24
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leuk/o
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white
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log/o
study of
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nephr/o
kidney
27
neur/o
nerve
28
onc/o
tumour
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ophthalm/o
eye
30
oste/o
bone
31
path/o
disease
32
ped/o
child
33
psych/o
mind
34
radi/o
radiation, x-rays
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ren/o
kidney
36
rhin/o
nose
37
sarc/o
flesh; connective tissue
38
sect/o
to cut
39
thromb/o
clot, clotting
40
ur/o
urinary tract
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-ac
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
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-algia
pain
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-cyte
cell (mature)
45
-ectomey
exision, removal
46
-emia
blood condition
47
-genic
producing, forming
48
--globin
protein
49
-gram
record
50
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
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-ion
process of
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-ist
specialist
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-itis
inflammation
54
-logy
process of study
55
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling,
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-opsy
process of viewing
57
-osis
condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells
58
-pathy
disease condition
59
-scope
instrument to visually examine
60
-scopy
the process of visually examining
61
-sis
state of; condition
62
-y
process, condition
63
a-, an-
no, not, without
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aut-, auto-,
self, own
65
dia-
complete, through
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endo-
within
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epi-
above, upon
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epi-
above, upon
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ex-, exo-
out, outside of, outward
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hyper-
excessive, above, more then normal
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hypo-
deficient, below, under, less than normal
72
in-
into
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peri-
surrounding, around
74
pro-
before, forward,
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re-
back, backward, again
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retro-
behind
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sub-
below, under
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trans-
across
