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Med. Term. Ch 1
Basic Word Structure
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |