Chapter 1: Basic Word Structures Flashcards by Ava Silbernagel

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adeno/o

A

Gland

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arthr/o

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Joint

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bi/o

A

Life

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carcin/o

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cancerous, cancer

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cardi/o

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heart

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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cis/o

A

To cut

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crin/o

A

to secrete

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Cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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cyt/o

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Cell

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derm/o or dermat/o

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skin

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electr/o

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electricity

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encephal/o

A

Brain

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Enter/o

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Intestines

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Erythr/o

A

Red

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Glyc/o

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Sugar

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Gnos/o

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knowledge

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Gynec/o

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woman/female

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hemat/o or hem/o

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Blood

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hepat/o

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Liver

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iatr/o

A

treatment, physician

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leuk/o

A

white

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log/o

study of

nephr/o

kidney

Neur/o

Nerve

onc/o

tumor

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

Bone

path/o

disease

ped/o

child

psych/o

mind

radi/o

X-rays

ren/o

Kidney

Rhin/o

Nose

Sarc/o

Flesh

Sect/o

To cut

Thromb/o

Clot, clotting

Ur/o

Urinary tract, urine

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

Cell

-ectomy

excision, removal

-emia

blood condition

-genic

produced by or in

-globin

protein

-gram

Record

-ic, ical

pertaining to

-ion

Process

-ist

Specialist

-itis

Inflammation

-logy

Process of study

-oma

Tumor, mass, swelling

-opsy

Process of viewing

-osis

condition, usually abnormal

-pathy

disease condition

-scope

Instrument to visually examine

-scopy

Process of visually examining

-sis

State of; condition

-tomy

Process of cutting, incision

-y

process, condition

a-, an-

no, not, without

aut-, auto-

self, own

dia-

complete, through

endo-

Within

Epi-

Above, upon

Ex-, exo-

Out, outside of, outward

Hyper-

Excessive, above, more than normal

Hypo-

deficient, below, under, less than normal

In-

Into, in

Peri-

Surrounding, around

Pro-

before, forward

Re-

Back, backward, again

Retro-

Behind

Sub-

Below, under

Trans-

Across, through