Unit 8 - word parts Flashcards
1
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ana-
A
up, towards, or against
2
Q
angi/o
vascul/o
vas/o
A
blood vessel
3
Q
apher/o
A
withdrawal
4
Q
aort/o
A
aorta
5
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
6
Q
ather/o
A
plaque, fatty substance, narrowing
7
Q
atri/o
A
atrium, upper chamber of the heart
8
Q
brady-
A
slow
9
Q
cardi/o
coron/o
A
heart
10
Q
-cardia
A
heart condition
11
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
12
Q
coagul/o
A
coagulation, clotting
13
Q
cyan/o
A
blue
14
Q
cyt/o
A
cells, increase in cells
15
Q
-ectasis
A
a dialation or expansion
16
Q
embol/o
A
blockage, obstruction, plug, embolus
17
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
18
Q
erythr/o
A
red
19
Q
-globin
A
protein
20
Q
hemat/o
hem/o
A
blood
21
Q
immun/o
A
immunity/immune
22
Q
isch/o
A
hold back, block
23
Q
leuk/o
A
white
24
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lymph/o
A
lymphatic system/issue
25
-lysis
separation, destruction, loosening
26
-megaly
enlargement
27
myel/o
my/o
muscle
28
-ole
-ule
small, minute
29
-oma
tumor
30
path/o
disease
31
-pathy
disease
32
pector/o
chest
33
-penia
deficiency
34
perfus/o
blood flow
35
-phagia
swallowing, eating
36
-phil
love, affinity for
37
-phylaxis
protection
38
phleb/o
ven/o
vein
39
-poiesis
blood formation
40
pulmon/o
lungs
41
-rrhage
excessive flow
42
-rrhaphy
suture
43
rrhythm/o
rhythm
44
scler/o
hardening
45
-scopy
process of looking
46
sept/o
septum
47
septic/o
infected, decay
48
-spasm
involuntary contraction
49
splen/o
spleen
50
-static
lack of movement
51
tachy-
fast
52
thromb/o
clot; thrombus-blood clot
53
thym/o
thymus
54
tonsil/o
tonsil
55
valvul/o
valve
56
varic/o
dilated vein
57
vas/o
vessel
58
ventricul/o
ventricle, lower chamber of the heart
59
vol/o
volume
