Quiz 1 Flashcards
a-, an-
No; not; without
ab-
away from
ad-
toward; near
abdomin/o
abdomen
-ac, -al
pertaining to
-an, -ar, -ary
pertaining to
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
-algesia
sensitivity to pain
-algia
pain
ana-
up; apart; backward; again; anew
angi/o
vessel
ante-
before; forward
anter/o
front
arter/o, arteri/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
-ase
enzyme
audi/o, audit/o
hearing
axill/o
armpit
bil/i
bile; gall
brachi/o
arm
bronch/o, bronchi/o
bronchial tube
-cele, coele
swelling; hernia
cell/u
cell level
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cervic/o
neck
chol/e
bile; gall
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
-cidal
pertaining to killing
col/o
colon
comi/o
to care for
coron/o
heart
cost/o
rib
cran/i
skull
cyst/o
urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid
cyt/o, -cyte
cell
de-
lack of, less
diaphro/o
sweat
-eal
pertaining to
-ectomy
removal
-emia
blood condition
-emic
pertaining to blood condition
end-, end/o
in; within
erythem/o
flushed; redness
-esis
action; condition; state of
ex-
out; away from
-genesis
producing, forming
ger/i, geront/o
old age
-graphy
process of recording
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
herni/o
hernia
-ist
specialist
-ism
process; condition
intra-
within; into
inguin/o
groin
ile/o
ileum
-iasis
abnormal condition
-ia
condition
ur/o
urine; urinary tract
urethr/o
urethra
-uria
urination; condition of urine
-us
structure; thing
vascul/o
vessel
ven/o, ven/i
vein
ventr/o
abdominal side of the body
xer/o
dry
-y
condition; process
kal/i
potassium
ket/o, keton
ketones, acetones
kyph/o
hunch back
lapar/o
abdominal wall, abdomen
lip/o
lipid, fat
medi/o
middle
-megaly
enlargment
-ment/o
mind
narc/o
numbness; sleep
natr/o
sodium
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
norm/o
rule; order
nos/o
infection
ocul/o
eye
-oid
resembling; derived from
olig/o
scant; slight
-oma
tumor
onc/o
tumor
oophor/o
ovary
-osis
condition; usually abnormal
-ous
pertaining to
-oxia, -oxic
oxygen
para-
near; bedside; apart from; along side of
-paresis
weakness
path/o
disease
-pathy
disease; emotion
pector/o
chest
-penia
deficiency
phas/o, phasia
speech
phleb/o
vein
-plasia
vein
-plasty
surgical repair
-plegia, -plegix
paralysis
-pnea
breathing
post-; poster/o
after; behind
pre-
before
-rrhage
bursting forth
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-sclerosis
hardening
-scope
instrument to visually examine
-scopy
process of visually examining w/ a scope
-sect
to cut
seps/o
infection
ser/o
fluid; clear
-sis
state of
-spasm
sudden contraction of muscle
-stasis
to stop; control; place
-static
pertaining; to stopping; controlling
-stomy
new opening
syncop/o
faint
-tension; -tensivw
pressure
throac/o
chest
-thorax
chest; pleural cavity
thromb/o
clot
thyroid/o
thyroid
-tic
pertaining to
-tomy
process of cutting
-trophy
development- condition of
