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MT Short Course Ch 1
Basic Word Structure - roots and rules
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Root word | Primary term gives the essential meaning |
| Suffix | Word part at end |
| Prefix | Word part at beginning |
| Combining vowel | 'O' is frequently shown as the combining vowel at the end of the root word. This is dropped when the suffix also begins with a vowel. |
| Word analysis process | Begin at the end of the word then move to the beginning and across eg. gastr/o enter/o logy = study of stomach and intestines |
| aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines (often referring to the small intestine) |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hem/o hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| singular to pleural 'a' changes to | Pleural 'ae' |
| singular to pleural 'is' changes to | Pleural 'es' |
| singular to pleural 'ex' or 'ix' changes to | Pleural 'ces' or 'ices' |
| singular to pleural 'on' changes to | Pleural 'ia' |
| singular to pleural 'um' changes to | Pleural 'a' |
| singular to pleural 'us' changes to | Pleural 'i' |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| psych/o | mind |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| thromb/o | clotting |