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Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what makes C sound like a K | vowels AOU |
| what makes C sound like an S | vowels EIY |
| what makes G sound like a G | vowels AOU |
| what makes G sound like a J | vowels EIY |
| what does the ultima syllable mean? | last |
| what does the prefix pen- mean | almost |
| what does the prefix ante- mean | before |
| name the first to last syllable terms | antepenult, penult, ultima |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cardi/o | heart |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| neur/o | nerve |
| hem/o and hemat/o | blood |
| my/o and muscul/o | muscle |
| angi/o + vas/o + vascul/o | vessel |
| derm/o + dermat/o + cutane/o | skin |
| pneum/o + pneumon/o + pulmon/o | lung |
| gen/o | creation + cause |
| hydr/o | water |
| morph/o | change |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| orth/o | straight |
| path/o | suffering + disease |
| phag/o | eat |
| plas/o | formation |
| py/o | pus |
| scler/o | hard |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| troph/o | nourishment + development |
| xen/o | foreign |
| all the suffixes for "pertaining to" (8) | -ac -al -ar -ary -eal -ic -tic -ous |
| -ia and -ism | condition |
| -ium | tissue + structure |
| -y | condition + procedure |
| -icle + -ole + -ule + -ula | small |
| -iatrics + -iatry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in the medicine of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -algia + -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosen + break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage and -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | writing procedure |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -desis | binding + fixation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| angiectomy | angi/ectomy angi = vessel ectomy =removal |
| arthritis | arthr/itis arthr = joint itis = inflammation |
| cardiology | cardio/logy cardio = heart logy = study of |
| hepatitis | hepat/itis hepat = liver itis = inflammation |
| myalgia | my/algia my = muscle algia = pain |
| osteotomy | osteo/tomy osteo = bone tomy = incision |
| angiosclerosis | angio/scler/osis angio = vessel scler = hardening osis = condition |
| dermatomycosis | dermato/myc/osis dermato = skin myc = fungus osis = condition |
| hyperplasia | hyper/plas/ia hyper = over plas = formation ia = condition |
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