unit term test 1 Flashcards
cis/o
to cut
iatr/o
treatment to physician
-sis
state of a condition
crin/o
to secrete
-ac -al-ic-ical
pertaining to
chondr/o
cartilage
-eal-iac-ior
pertaining to
viscer/o
internal organs
-plasm
formation
acr/o
extremities
acu/o
sharp
isch/o
to hold back
opi-
opium
phag/o
to eat
phleb/o
vein
myel-
spinal cord
angi
vessel
phleb/o
vein
staphyl/o
clusters
strept/o
twisted chains
-cele
hernia
-coccus cocci
berry shaped cocci is singular
-dynia
pain
-lysis
breakdown destruction separation
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-penia
deficiency
-plasia
development formation growth
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptosis
dropping falling prolapse
-sclerosis
harding
-stasis
controlling stopping
-oid
resembling derived from
-ous-tic
pertaining to
cutane/o
skin
duct/o
lead carry
furc/o
branching
gloss/o
tongue
seps/o
infection
the/o
put place
-drome
run
-gen
substance that produces
-or
one who
-pnea
breathing
ana-
up apart
ante-
before forward
brady-
slow
cata
down
de-
downlack of
dys-
abnormal bad
ec-
out outside
eu-
good normal
para-
abnormal
ankyl/o
stiff
rheumat/o
water flow
-desis
to bind tie together
-stenosis
narrowing
leiomy/o
smooth visceral muscle that lines organs
myos/o
muscle
rhabdomy/o
skeletal striated muscle connected to the bones
-asthenia
lack if strength