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Ch 5
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Oste/o | Bone |
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Pulmon/o | Lungs |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| Nephr/o | Kidney |
| Neur/o | Nervous System- Brain, Spinal Cord, Peripheral Nerves |
| Uni | One |
| Bi | Two |
| Tri | Three |
| Quadri | Four |
| Cyan/o | Blue |
| Leuk/o | White |
| Erythr/o | Red |
| Melan/o | Black |
| Alb/o | Without pigment, Lacking pigment |
| Dorsal | Posterior (back) |
| Ventral | Anterior (front) |
| Ectomy | Surgical removal of |
| Contra | Against |
| Palmar | Palm (front of hand) |
| Plantar | Bottom of foot |
| Flexion | Narrowing of the angle joint |
| Extension | Widening of the angle joint |
| -phasia | Speak |
| -phagia | Swallow |
| -dys | Difficult |
| -a | Without |
| -brady | Slow |
| -tachy | Fast, Rapid |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -arthr | Joint |
| Arthritis | Inflammation of a joint |
| Ab- | Away from midline |
| Ad- | Toward the midline |
| De- | Away |
| Circum- | Around |
| Peri- | Around, Through |
| Trans- | Across, Through |
| Epi- | Above, Upon, On |
| Supra- | Above, Upper |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Enter/o | Intestines |
| Ology | Study of |
| Ologist | Specialist |
| Hyper | Rapid, Excessive |
| Hypo | Under, Low |
| -algia | Pertaining to pain |
| Cyte | Cell |
| Prefix | Beginning of the word; Location or Intensity |
| Suffix | End of the word; Condition, Disease, or Speech |
| Dipl/o | Two |
| Null/o | None/Zero |
| Primi/o | First |
| Multi/o | More than one |