Wood Root for Medical Terminology Flashcards
What each suffix, prefix etc. mean
1
Q
Gastr/o
A
Stomach
2
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
3
Q
-ic
A
pertaining to
4
Q
epi-
A
above
5
Q
trans-
A
across
6
Q
hyper-
A
excessive
7
Q
-trophy
A
development
8
Q
aden/o
A
gland
9
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
10
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
11
Q
dermat/o
A
skin
12
Q
enter/o
A
small intestine
13
Q
gynec/o
A
female
14
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
15
Q
laryng/o
A
voice box
16
Q
nephr/o
A
kidney
17
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
18
Q
opthalm/o
A
eye
19
Q
ot/o
A
ear
20
Q
path/o
A
disease
21
Q
pulmon/o
A
lung
22
Q
rhin/o
A
nose
23
Q
sub-
A
below
24
Q
mono-
A
one
25
Q
post-
A
after
26
Q
intra-
A
within
27
Q
endo-
A
within /inner
28
Q
eu-
A
normal
29
Q
ex-
A
outward
30
Q
extra-
A
outside of
31
Q
hetero-
A
different
32
Q
homo-
A
same
33
Q
hypo-
A
below /insufficient
34
Q
in-
A
not/inward
35
Q
inter-
A
between
36
Q
macro-
A
large
37
Q
micro-
A
small
38
Q
neo-
A
new
39
Q
para-
A
beside
40
Q
per-
A
through
