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UCF HSC3537 CH 1
With Alice Noblin
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 | cerebrum |
cis/o | to cut |
crin/o | to secrete |
cyst/o | urinary bladder |
cyt/o | cell |
encephal/o | brain |
electr/o | electricity |
enter/o | intestines |
dermat/o | skin |
derm/o | skin |
erythr/o | red |
gastr/o | stomach |
gnos/o | knowledge |
hemat/o | blood |
hem/o | blood |
glyc/o | sugar |
glynec/o | woman, female |
hepat/o | liver |
log/o | study of |
leuk/o | white |
iatr/o | treatment, physician |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
onc/o | tumor |
oste/o | bone |
path/o | disease |
ped/o | child |
opthalm/o | eye |
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 |
-cyte | cell |
-algia | pain |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-genic | produced by or in |
-globlin | protein |
-gram | record |
-ic | pertaining to |
-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 |
-pathy | disease condition |
-scope | instrument to visually examine |
-scopy | process of visually examining (with an endoscope) |
-sis | state of; condition |
-tomy | process of cutting |
-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 |
hypo- | deficient, below, less, under |
in- | into, in |
peri- | surrounding, around |
pro- | before, forward |
re- | back, backward, again |
retro- | behind |
sub- | below, under |
trans- | across, through |
root | foundation of the term |
suffix | word ending |
prefix | word beginning |
combining vowel | vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root and aids pronunciation |
combining form | combination of the root and the combining vowel |