Unit 1: Medical English-Root Words Flashcards
afferent
going towards
arthr/o
joint
bacteri/o
bacteria
bio
life
blast
rapidly dividing cell
carc/i
cancer
(greek word that literally means “crab”)
carc/in
cancer
(greek word that literally means “crab”)
carc/ino
cancer
(greek word that literally means “crab”)
cardi
heart
card/io
heart
caud/o
tail
cephal/o
head
chole
bile
(bodily humor in Greek medical practice)
constrict
narrowing; decreasing the size of an opening (constriction is generally normal where stenosis is generally abnormal)
sten/o
narrowing; decreasing the size of an opening (constriction is generally normal where stenosis is generally abnormal)
cyst/o
bladd; fluid filled space
dilate
increasing the size of an opening
efferent
going away from
eti/o
how something came to be
from Greek aitia, “cause”
enceph/a
en- + -cephal (head), “inside the head”