test 1 Flashcards
Aden/o
gland
Angi/o
vessel (blood)
Aort/o
aorta
Arteri/o
artery
Arteriol/o
arteriole
Arthr/o
joint
Bi/o
life
Carcin/o
cancer, cancerous
Cardi/o
heart
Cephal/o
head
Cerebr/o
cerebrum
Coron/o
heart, crown
Cyt/o
cell
Derm/o
skin
Electr/o
electricity
Encephal/o
brain
Enter/o
intestines (usually means the small intestines)
Erythr/o
red
Gastr/o
stomach
Gnos/o
knowledge
Gynec/o
woman, female
Hem/o
blood
Hemat/o
blood
Hepat/o
liver
Lapar/o
abdomen
Leuk/o
white
Nephr/o
kidneys
Neur/o
nerve
Onc/o
tumor
Ophthalm/o
eye
Oste/o
bone
Path/o
disease
Phleb/o
vein
Psych/o
mind
Ren/o
kidney
Rhin/o
nose
Sarc/o
flesh
Thromb/o
clotting or clot
Ven/o
vein
Venul/o
venule
-al
pertaining to
-algia
condition of pain
-cyte
cell
-ectomy
excision (removal) or process of cutting out
-emia
blood condition
-globin
protein
-gram
record
-ia
condition
-ic
pertaining to
-ism
condition, process
-itis
inflammation
-logist
specialist in the study of
-logy
process of study or the study of
-oma
tumor, mass swelling
-opsy
to view or process of viewing
-osis
abnormal condition
-scope
instrument to view or visually examine
-scopy
process of visual examination
-sis
state of or condition
-tomy
process of cutting into, incision
a-
no, not
an-
no, not
aut-
self
dia-
complete, through
dys-
abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
endo-
within, in, inner
epi-
above, upon
exo-
out, outside
hyper-
excessive, more than norma, or too much, above
pan-
all
peri-
surrounding
pro-
before, forward
re-
back
retro-
behind
sub-
below, under
trans-
across, through
cyst/o
urinary bladder