Unit 1: Introduction to Scientific Terminology Flashcards by Adam Stifter

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bi/o

A

life

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carcin/o

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cancer

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cardi/o

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heart

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chem/o

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chemical

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cis/o

A

to cut

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dermat/o

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skin

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enter/o

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small intestine

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gastr/o

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stomach

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gynec/o

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female

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hemat/o

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blood

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immun/o

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protection

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laryng/o

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larynx

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neur/o

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nerve

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nephr/o

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kidney

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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ot/o

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ear

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path/o

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disease

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pulmon/o

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lung

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rhin/o

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nose

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a- / an- / de-

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without

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anti-

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against

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auto-

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self

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brady-

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slow

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dys-

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painful; difficult; abnormal

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endo-

within; inner

epi-

above

eu-

normal

ex-

outward

extra-

outside of

hetero-

different

homo-

same

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

below; insufficient

in-

not; inward

inter-

between

intra-

within

macro-

large

micro-

small

neo-

new

para-

beside; abnormal; two like parts of a pair

per-

through

peri-

around

post-

after

pre- / pro-

before

pseudo-

false

re-

again

retro-

backward; behind

sub-

under

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

ultra-

beyond

un-

not

bi-

two

hemi-

half

mono-

one

multi-

many

nulli-

none

pan-

all

poly-

many

quadri- / tetra-

four

semi-

partial

tri-

three

-algia / -dynia

pain

-cele

protrusion

-cyte

cell

-ectasis

dilation

-gen

that which produces

-genic

producing

-ia

condition

-iasis / -osis

abnormal condition

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation

-logist

one who studies

-logy

study of

-lytic

destruction

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlarged

-oma

tumor; mass

-opsy

view of

-pathy

disease

-plasm

formation

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage

abnormal flow

-rrhagia

abnormal flow condition

-rrhea

discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-stenosis

narrowing

-therapy

treatment

-trophy

development

-ac -al -an -ar -ary -atic -eal -iac -ic -ical -ile -ine -ior -nic -ory -ose -ous -tic

pertaining to

-centesis

puncture to withdraw fluid

-ectomy

surgical removal

-ostomy

surgically create on opening

-otomy

cutting into

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

to suture

-tome

instrument to cut

-gram

record

-graphy

process of recording

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

process of measuring

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopic

pertaining to visually examining

-scopy

process of visually examining