Terms Flashcards by Jennifer Bonnett

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root

A

foundation of term

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suffix

A

word ending

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prefix

A

word beginning

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combining vowel

A

vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root and aids pronunciation

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combining form

A

of the root combination and the combining vowel

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cyt/o

A

cell

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derm/o or dermat/o

A

skin

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electr/o

A

electricity

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encephal/o

A

brain

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enter/o

A

intestines

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erythr/o

A

red

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gastr/o

A

stomach

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gnos/o

A

knowledge

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glyc/o

A

sugar

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gynec/o

A

woman/female

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hemat/o or hem/o

A

blood

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iatr/o

A

treatment

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leuk/o

A

white

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log/o

A

study of

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nephr/o

A

kidney

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neur/o

A

nerve

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hepat/o

A

liver

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iatr/

A

treatment, physician

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onc/o

A

tumor

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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

-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 condtion

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-scopy

process of visually examining (with an endoscope)

-sis

state of, condition

-tomy

process of cutting

-y

process, condition

aut-, auto

self, own

dia-

through, complete

end-, endo-

within

epi-

above, upon

ex-

out

exo-

outside of, outward

hyper-

excessive, above, more

hypo-

deficient, below, under, less

in-

into, in

peri-

surrounding, around

pro-

before, forward

per-

through

peri-

surrounding

poly-

many, much

post-

after, behind

pre-

before, in front of

pro-

before, forward

Adductor

means a muscle that draws a limb TOWARD the body

Dyspnea

painful breathing

tachy-

fast

trans-

across, through

ultra-

beyond, excess

uni-

one