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Kasey2004 Flashcards
Chapter 1
cardi | heart |
gastr | stomach |
arthr | joint |
dermat | skin |
hemat | blood |
leuk/o | white |
cyan/o | blue or bluish |
erythr/o | red |
melan/o | black |
xanth/o | yellow |
eosin/o | red or rosy red |
oid | like or resembling |
itis | inflammation |
megaly | enlargement |
ic | pertaining to |
logy | study of |
pathy | disease |
ectomy | surgical removal or excision |
ac | pertaining to or like |
papilla | papillae |
diagnosis | diagnoses |
apex | apices |
ganglion | ganglia |
atrium | atria |
bronchus | bronchi |
encephalopathy | disease process of the brain |
hematology | study of blood |
cardiopathy | disease process of the heart |
gastrectomy | surgical removal of the stomach |
dermatitis | inflammation of the skin |
gastritis | inflammation of the stomach |
cardiomegaly | enlargement of the heart |
dermatology | study of skin |
cardiac | pertaining to the heart |
gastric | pertaining to the stomach |
prefix | term attached to the beginning of a medical term |
suffix | term attached to end of a medical term |
combining vowel | has no medical meaning, allows word elements to be joined, making pronunciation easier |
root | the building block of all medical terms |
combining form | the root plus the combining vowel |
sub | prefix meaning below or under |
cardi/o | heart |
gastr/o | stomach |
arthr/o | joint |
dermat/o | skin |
hemat/o | blood |
iac | pertaining to |
al | pertaining to or like |
ar | pertaining to or like |
ary | pertaining to or like |
vertebra | vertebrae |
necrosis | necroses |
varix | varices |
ovum | ova |
viscus | viscera |
corpus | corpora |