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Week 3 flash cards
Prefix/suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cardi/o | heart |
| Angi/o | vessel |
| vas/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| phleb/o | vein |
| ven/o | vein |
| aort/o | aorta |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tachy- | fast |
| Brady- | slow |
| cyan/o | blue |
| -cardia | heart condition |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -tension | pressure |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -gram | record or image |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -lysis | breaking down |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| endo- | inside |
| peri- | around |
| trans- | across, through |
| anti- | against |
| Nas/o | nose |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| laryng/o | voice box |
| trache/o | trachea |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o | small bronchus |
| alveol/o | air sac |
| Pneum/o | air or lung |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| Ox/o | oxygen |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -spasm | sudden contraction |
| -thorax | chest |
| -phonia | voice condition |
| -rrhagia | bleeding |
| Hypo- | below, deficient |
| hyper- | excessive |
| a-, an- | without |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| eu- | normal, good |
| endo- | within |
| exo- | outside |
| tachy- | fast |
| brady- | slow |
| Cyan/o | blue |
| Or/o | mouth |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| oddont/o | tooth |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| enter/o | intestine |
| col/o | colon |
| hepat/o | liver |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| pacreat/o | pancreas |
| proct/o | rectum and anus |
| -algia | pain |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -phagia | eating or swallowing |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| dys- | difficult, painful |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | deficient |
| intra- | within |
| peri- | around |
| sub- | below |
| trans- | across |
| Nephr/o | kidney |
| ren/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| erethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine |
| ur/o | urine |
| olig/o | scanty |
| poly- | many, excessive |
| an- | without |
| dys- | difficult, painful |
| noct/o | night |
| lith/o | stone |
| hyrdr/o | water/ fluid |
| py/o | pus |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| azot/o | nitrogeen |
| -uria | urine condition |
| -Emia | blood condition |
| -lysis | breakdown |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -tomy | incision |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -scope | instrument for viewers |
| -scopy | process of viewing |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |