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Language of Medicine 7th Edition - Chapter 1 Terminology

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root
meaning
hemat/o   blood  
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-logy   study of  
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hepat/o   liver  
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-itis   inflammation of  
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-ilium   part of the pelvis (hip bone)  
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-ileum   part of the small intestine  
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urethra   tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body  
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ureter   one of two tubes each leading from a single kidney and inserting into the urinary bladder  
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root   foundation of the word  
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suffix   word ending  
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combining vowel   links the root to the suffix or the root to another root  
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electr/o   electricity  
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cardi/o   heart  
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-gram   record  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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enter/o   intestines (usually the small intestine)  
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combining form   the root plus the combining vowel  
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prefix   a small part that is attached to the beginning of a term  
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-ic   pertaining to  
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epi-   above, upon  
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aden/o   gland  
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-oma   tumor, mass, swelling  
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arthr/o   joint  
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bi/o   life  
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-opsy   process of viewing  
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carcin/o   cancerous, cancer  
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cephal/o   head  
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cerebr/o   cerebrum (largest part of the brain)  
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-al   pertaining to  
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cis/o   to cut  
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-ion   process  
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crin/o   secrete (to form and give off)  
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endo-   within  
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ex-   out  
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cyst/o   urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containg fluid)  
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-scopy   process of visually examining  
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cyt/o   cell  
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derm/o   skin  
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dermat/o   skin  
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encephal/o   brain  
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erythr/o   red  
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-cyte   cell  
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-ectomy   excision or removal  
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gnos/o   knowledge  
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dia-   through, complete  
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gynec/o   woman, female  
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hem/o   blood  
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-globin   protein  
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iatr/o   treatment  
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-genic   pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in  
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leuk/o   white  
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nephr/o   kidney  
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neur/o   nerve  
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onc/o   tumor  
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opthalm/o   eye  
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-scope   instrument to visually examine  
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-ist   one who specializes in a field of medicine  
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oste/o   bone  
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path/o   disease condition  
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ped/o   child  
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psych/o   mind  
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radi/o   x-rays  
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ren/o   kidney  
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rhin/o   nose  
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sarc/o   flesh  
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sect/o   to cut  
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thromb/o   clot, clotting  
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-osis   condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)  
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ur/o   urinary tract, urine  
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-al   pertaining to  
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-algia   pain  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-ical   pertaining to  
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-ion   process  
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-sis   state of  
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-tomy   process of cutting, incision  
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-y   process, condition  
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a-   no, not, without  
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an-   no, not, without  
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auto-   self  
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exo-   out  
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hyper-   excessive, above, more than normal  
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hypo-   deficient, below, under, less than normal  
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in-   into, in  
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peri-   surrounding, around  
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pro-   before, forward  
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re-   back, backward, again  
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retro-   behind  
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sub-   below, under  
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trans-   across, through  
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