Chapter 1: Basic Word Structure
Terms
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- aden/o
- gland
- articul/o
- joint
- arthr/o
- joint
- bi/o
- life
- carcin/o
- cancer, cancerous
- cardi/o
- heart
- cephal/o
- head
- cerebr/o
- cerebrum
- cis/o
- to cut
- col/o
- colon (large intestine)
- colon/o
- colon (large intestine)
- crin/o
- secrete
- coron/o
- heart
- cutane/o
- skin
- cyst/o
- urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
- cyt/o
- cell
- derm/o
- skin
- dermat/o
- skin
- electr/o
- electricity
- encephal/o
- brain
- enter/o
- intestines (usually small intestines)
- epitheli/o
- skin, epithelium
- erythr/o
- red
- gastr/o
- stomach
- glyc/o
- glucose, sugar
- gnos/o
- knowledge
- gynec/o
- woman, female
- hem/o
- blood
- hemat/o
- blood
- iatr/o
- physician, treatment
- leuk/o
- white
- log/o
- study of
- nas/o
- nose
- nephr/o
- kidney
- neur/o
- nerve
- onc/o
- tumor
- ophthalm/o
- eye
- orth/o
- straight
- oste/o
- bone
- path/o
- disease
- ped/o
- child, foot
- psych/o
- mind
- radi/o
- x-rays, radioactivity, radius (lateral lower arm bone)
- ren/o
- kidney
- rhin/o
- nose
- sarc/o
- flesh (connective tissue)
- sect/o
- to cut
- sinus/o
- sinus
- thromb/o
- clot
- tom/o
- to cut
- ur/o
- urine, urinary tract
- vascul/o
- vessel (blood)
- -al
- pertaining to
- -ac
- pertaining to
- -algia
- pain
- -cyte
- cell
- -dynia
- pain
- -ectomy
- removal, excision, resection
- -emia
- blood condition
- -genesis
- producing, forming
- -gen
- producing, forming
- -genic
- produced by or in
- -gram
- record
- -graphy
- process of recording
- -ic
- pertaining to
- -ical
- pertaining to
- -ion
- process
- -ist
- specialist
- -itis
- inflammation
- -logist
- one who studies
- -logy
- study of
- -oma
- tumor, mass, fluid collection
- -opsy
- view of
- -osis
- condition, usually abnormal
- -pathy
- disease condition, emotion
- -scope
- instrument for visual examination
- -scopy
- visual examination
- -sis
- state of, condition
- -tomy
- process of cutting
- -um
- structure, tissue, thing
- -y
- condition, process
- a-
- no, not, without
- an-
- no, not, without
- auto-
- self, own
- bi-
- two
- dia-
- complete, through
- endo-
- in, within
- epi-
- above, upon, on
- ex-
- out, away from
- exo-
- out, away from
- hyper-
- above, excessive
- hypo-
- deficient, below, under
- in-
- in, into, not
- per-
- surrounding
- pre-
- before, in front of
- pro-
- before, forward
- re-
- back, again, backward
- retro-
- behind, back, backward
- sub-
- under, below
- trans-
- across, through