Chapter 1 Word Scramble
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Prefix | Meaning |
aden/o | gland |
arthr/o | joint |
bi/o | life |
carcin/o | cancerous, cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
cephal/o | head |
cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
cis/o | to cut |
crin/o | to secrete |
cyst/o | urinary bladder: a sac or a cyst (sac containing liquid) |
cyt/o | cell |
derm/o dermat/o | skin |
electr/o | electricity |
encephal/o | brain |
enter/o | intestines (usually the small intestines) |
erythr/o | red |
gastr/o | stomach |
gnos/o | knowledge |
gynec/o | woman, female |
hemat/o hem/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
iatr/o | treatment |
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 | kidney |
rhin/o | nose |
sarc/o | flesh |
sect/o | to cut |
thromb/o | clot, clotting |
ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-genic | pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced 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 (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) |
-pathy | disease condition |
-scope | instrument to visually examine |
-scopy | process of visually examining with an endoscope |
-sis | state of; condition |
-tomy | process of cutting, incision |
-y | process, condition |
a- an- | no, not, without |
aut-, auto- | self, own |
dia- | through, complete |
end-, endo- | within |
epi- | above, upon |
ex- | out |
exo- | outside of, outward |
hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal |
hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
in- | into, in |
peri- | surrounding, around |
pro- | before, forward |
re- | back, backward, again |
retro- | behind |
sub- | below, under |
trans- | across, through |
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