Week 1 Flashcards
define form aden/o
gland
arthr/o
joint
bi/o
life
carcin/o
cancerous
cardi/o
heart
cephal/o
head
-oma
tumor
-opsy
process of viewing
-ic
pertaining too
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cis/o
to cut
crin/o
to secrete
endo-
within
cyst/o
bladder or cyst
-cyt/o
cell
derm/o
skin
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
intestine
erythr/o
red
gastr/o
stomach
-ectomy
removal
-tomy
process of cutting
glyc/o
sugar
gnos/o
knowledge
dia
complete
pro
before
diagnosis
complete knowledge of state
sis
condition or state
prognosis
knowledge of condition before
gynec/o
woman
hemat/o or hem/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
iatr/o
treatment
-genic
produced by
iatrogenic
produced by treatment (physician)
leuk/o
white
log/o
study of
nephr/o
kidney
onc/o
tumor (cancerous)
resection
to cut back
thromb/o
clot
-ac
pertain to
-al
pertain to
-algia
pain
-cyte
cell
-ectomy
removal
-emia
blood condition
-genic
pertaining to/caused by
-globin
protein
-ion
process
-osis
abnormal condition
-scope
instrument to examine
an/ a
without
auto
self
peri
surrounding
pro
prostate gland
retro
behind
trans
across/ through