MT Set 2 Flashcards
Set 2 - Learn Common Roots, Prefix, and Suffix (Front Side)
-genesis
producing; forming (pathogenesis; glucogenesis)
-ger/i; geront/o
old age (geriatrics; gerontology)
gluc/o; glyc/o
glucose; sugar (glucose)
-gram
record (electrocardiogram; venogram)
-graphy
process of recording (echocardiography)
hem/o; hemat/o
blood (hematuria)
hemi-
half (hemiplegic)
hepat/o
liver (hepatomegaly)
herni/o
hernia (hernia)
hydr/o
water (hydration)
hyper-
above; excessive; greater than normal (hypertension)
hypo-
deficient; below; under; less than normal (hypoglycemic)
hyster/o
uterus/womb (hysterectomy)
-ia
condition (hypothermia)
-iac; -ic; -ine;-ior
pertaining to (cardiac; alcoholic; adrenaline; anterior)
-iasis
abnormal condition (cholelithiasis)
ile/o
iliac (cholelithiasis)
inguin/o
groin (inguinal)
inter-
between (interstitial space)
intra-
within; into (intradermal)
-ism
process; condition (alcoholism)
-ist
specialist (specialist)
-itis
inflammation (cellulitis)
jaund/o
yellow (jaundice)
jejun/o
jejunum (jejunum)
kal/i
potassium (hyperkalemia)
ket/o keton
ketones; actetones (ketoacidosis)