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Chapter One Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hemat/o | Blood |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Aden/o | Gland |
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Carcino | Cancerous, cancer |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Cephal/o | Head |
| Cerebr/o | Cerebrum (largest part of brain) |
| Cis/o | To cut |
| Crin/o | To Secrete |
| Cyst/o | Urinary bladder; a sac or cyst containing fluid |
| Cyt/o | Cell |
| Derm/o | Skin |
| Dermat/o | Skin |
| Electr/o | Electricity |
| Encephal/o | Brain |
| Enter/o | Intestines |
| Erythr/o | Red |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Glyc/o | Sugar |
| Gnos/o | Knowledge |
| Gynec/o | Woman/ female |
| hemat/o | Blood |
| Hem/o | Blood |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| Iatr/o | Treatment/physician |
| Leuk/o | White |
| Log/o | Study of |
| Nephr/o | Kidney |
| Neur/o | Nerve |
| Onc/o | Tumor |
| Ophthalm/ | 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 |
| PREFIXES | |
| -AC | pertaining to |
| -AL | pertaining to |
| CYTE | cell |
| ECTOMY | excision, removal |
| -EMIA | blood condition |
| -GENIC | pertaining to producing, 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 |
| -ALGIA | pain |
| SUFFIXES | |
| -OSIS | condition, usually abnormal |
| -PATHY | disease condition |
| -SCOPE | instrument to visually examine |
| -SCOPY | process of visually examining |
| -SIS | state of; condtion |
| -TOMY | process of cutting |
| -Y | process; condition |
| PREFIXES (ADDITIONAL) | |
| A- , AN- | no, not without |
| AUT-, AUTO- | self, own |
| DIA- | complete, through |
| ENDO | within |
| EPI | above, upon |
| EX, EXO | out, outside of, outward |
| HYPER- | excessive, above, more than normal |
| HYPO- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
| IN- | into, in |
| PERI- | surrounding, around |
| PRO- | before, backward, again |
| RE- | back again |
| RETRO- | behind |
| SUB- | below, under |
| TRANS- | across, through |