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Med. Term. Ch 1
Basic Word Structure
Question | Answer |
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Aden/o | Gland |
Arthr/o | Joint |
Bi/o | Life |
Carcin/o | Cancerous, Cancer |
Cardi/o | Heart |
Cephal/o | Head |
Cerebr/o | Cerebum |
Cis/o | To cut |
Crin/o | To Secrete |
Cyst/o | Urinary Bladder |
Cyt/o | Cell |
Derm/o | Skin |
Dermat/o | Skin |
Electr/o | Electricity |
Encephal/o | Brain |
Enter/o | Intestines (small) |
Erythr/o | Red |
Gastr/o | Stomach |
Gnos/o | Knowledge |
Gynec/o | Women |
Hemat/o | Blood |
Hem/o | Blood |
Hepat/o | Liver |
Iatr/o | Treatment/Physician |
Leuk/o | White |
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 | Kidneys |
Rhin/o | Nose |
Sarc/o | Flesh |
Sect/o | To cut |
Thromb/o | Clot, Clotting |
Ur/o | Urinary Tract |
-ac | Pertaining to |
-al | Pertaining to |
-algia | Pain |
-cyte | Cell |
-ectomy | Removal |
-emia | Blood condition |
-genic | Pertaining to producing |
-gram | Record |
-ic, -ical | Pertaining to |
-ion | Process |
-ist | Specialist |
-itis | Inflammation |
-logy | To study |
-oma | Swelling |
-opsy | Process of Viewing |
-osis | Abnormal Condition |
-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 |
Auto- | Self, own |
Dia- | Through, Complete |
Endo- | Within |
Epi- | Above, upon |
Ex- | Out, outside of, outward |
Exo- | Outward |
Hyper- | Excessive, above, more than |
Hypo- | Deficient, below, under, less than normal |
In- | Into, in |
Peri | Around, surrounding |
Pro- | Before, forward |
Re- | Back, backward, again |
Retro- | Behind |
Sub- | Below, Under |
Trans- | Across, through |