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Week 2 flash cards
Prefixes/suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Neur/o | nerve |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| encephal/o | brain |
| myel/o | spinal cord/ bone marrow |
| mening/o | meninges (membranes covering brain & spinal cord) |
| dur/o | dura mater (outer layer of meninges) |
| Gangli/o | nerve bundle |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| psych/o | mind |
| phreno/o | mind/ diaphragm |
| Somn/o | sleep |
| somn/i | sleep |
| esthesi/o | feeling/ sensation |
| -esthesia | Sensation/ feeling |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -paresis | partial paralysis, weakness |
| -plegia | complete paralysis |
| -phobia | fear |
| -mania | obsession |
| -phrenia | mental condition |
| -lexia | reading |
| -graphy | recording process |
| -gram | record or a picture |
| -tomy | cutting into |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -algia | pain |
| cephal/p | head |
| -rrhagia | excessive bleeding |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| Ophthalm/o | eye |
| ocul/o | eye |
| opt/o | eye, vision |
| corne/o | cornea |
| kerat/o | cornea, head tissue |
| ir/o | iris |
| irid/o | iris |
| phac/o | lens |
| phako/o | lens |
| retin/o | retina |
| Scler/o | sclera (whose of the eye), hard |
| lacrim/o | tear |
| dacry/o | tear, tear duct |
| audi/o | hearing/ sound |
| ot/o | ear |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| cochle/o | cochlea (inner ear structure) |
| vestibul/o | vestibule (balance portion of inner ear) |
| Salping/o | eustachian tube (auditory tube) |
| acous/o | sound/ hearing |
| -opia | vision condition |
| -opsia | vision condition |
| -acusis | hearing condition |
| -phobia | sensitivity to light (as in photophobia) |
| phot/o | light |
| presby/o | old age |
| dipl/o | double |
| ambly/o | dull/ dim |
| -tropia | Turning of the eye |
| Endocrin/o | to secrete within (endocrine) |
| Aden/o | gland |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| pacreat/o | pancreas |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| hypophys/o | pituitary gland |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| Gonad/o | gonad/ sex gland |
| hormon/o | hormone |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glycos/o | sugar, sweet |
| ket/o | ketone bodies |
| kal/i | potassium |
| natri/o | sodium |
| dips/o | thirst |
| -tropin | stimulating the function of |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -uria | urine condition |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| hypo- | below, deficient |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| eu- | normal, good |
| Hemat/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| Thromb/o | clot |
| leuk/o | white |
| erythr/o | red |
| phleb/o | vein |
| ven/o | vein |
| arteri/o | artery |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node |
| Splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus |
| immun/o | immune/ protection |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -philia | attraction for, increase |
| -poieisus | formation |
| -lysis | breakdown/ destruction |
| -apheresis | removal/ separation |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -stasis | control/ stop |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -blast | immature cell |
| -globin | protein |
| -plasm | formation/ structure |
| -tomy | incision |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| auto- | self |
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