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Structure of Words
Mr. G. "Basic Word Structure" chapter 1 Chabner
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; a sac or cyst |
| crin/o | to secrete (to form and give off) |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines (small) |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| 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, kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | removal, excision, surgical 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 |
| -ology | process of study |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | condition, abnormal condition, slight increase in numbers |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -sis | state of; condition |
| -tomy | incision, 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 |
| hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
| in- | in, into |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| pro- | before, forward |
| re- | back, backward, again |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| trans- | across, through |
| glyc/o | sugar |
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