Unit 4 Root/Prefix/Suffix Flashcards by Anna Egkhounmuong

Q

Aden

A

Gland

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Adip

A

Fat

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Arteri/o

A

Artery

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Cephal

A

Head

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Chondri

A

Cartilage

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Cost

A

Rib

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Crani

A

Skull

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Cyst

A

Bladder

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Derma or dermat/o

A

Skin

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duct

A

Tube

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Gastr

A

Stomach

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Gen

A

To produce

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Glossal

A

Tongue

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Hepat

A

Liver

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Myo

A

Muscle

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Nephr (more commonly used) and ren

A

Kidney

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Neuro

A

Nerve

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Opthalm

A

Eye

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Oste

A

Bone

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Ot

A

Ear

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Ov

A

Egg

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Thrombo

A

Blood clot

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Vas

A

Vessel

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A or an

A

Without

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Ad

To or toward

Ante

Before

Bi

Two

Bio

Life

Epi

Upon or on

inter

Between

intra and endo

Within

Erythr/o

Red

Hem/o or hemat

Blood

Hyper

Above or an excess

Hypo

Below or deficient

Leuk/o or leuc/o

White

Peri

Around

Pneum/o or pneumon/o

Refers to air, breath, or lungs

Retro

Behind

Sub

Under

algia

Pain

blast

Forming cell

cyte

Cell

ectomy

Surgical removal of a part of the body

it is

Inflammation

logy

Study of

osis

Condition of

pathy

Disease

scopy

Visual examination of

stasis

Standing still

stenosis

Narrowing

tomy

Surgical incision

q.d.

taken once daily

b.i.d.

twice per day

t.i.d.

three times per day

q.i.d.

four times per day

a c with a line over it

with

s with a line over it

without

P.O.

mouth or orally

Hx

history

c/o

complains of

c/c

chief complaint

B/P

blood pressure

S&S

signs and symptoms

O.S.

left eye

O.D.

right eye

R/O

rule out

Dx

diagnosis

WNL

within normal limits

TNTC

too numerous to count