Basic Word Structure

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87 Terms

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root

foundation of the word

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suffix

word ending

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prefix

word beginning

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combining vowel

usually “o” used to connect root to suffix and root to root

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read the meaning of terms from

suffix back to beginning of the term

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drop the

combining vowel before suffix

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keep combining vowel between

two roots

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aden/o

gland

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arthr/o

joint

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bi/o

life

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carcin/o

cancerous/cancer

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cardi/o

heart

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cyt/o

cell

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derm/o or dermat/o

skin

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electr/o

electricity

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encephal/o

brain

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enter/o

intestines

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hemat/o or hem/o

blood

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hepat/o

liver

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iatr/o

treatment/physician

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leuko/o

white

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log/o

study of

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cephal/o

head

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cerebr/o

cerebrum

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cis/o

to cut

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crin/o

to cut

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cyst/o

urinary bladder

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erythr/o

red

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gastr/o

stomach

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glyc/o

sugar

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gnos/o

knowledge

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gynec/o

woman/female

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nephr/o

kidney

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neur/o

nerve

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onc/o

tumor

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ophthalm/o

eye

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oste/o

bone

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path/o

disease

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ped/o

child

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psych/o

mind

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radi/o

x-rays

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ren/o

kidney

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rhin/o

nose

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sarc/o

flesh

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sect/o

to cut

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thromb/o

clot/clotting

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ur/o

urinary tract/urine

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-ac/al

pertaining to

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-algia

pain

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-cyte

cell

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-ectomy

excision/removal

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-ion

process

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-ist

specialist

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-itis

inflammation

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-logy

process of study

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-oma

tumor/mass/swelling

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-sis

state of/condition

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-tomy

process of cutting/incision

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-emia

blood condition

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-genic

produced by/in

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-globin

protein

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-gram

record

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-ic/ical

pertaining to

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-opsy

process of reviewing

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-osis

condition/usually abnormal

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-pathy

disease condition

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-scope

instrument to visually examine

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-scopy

process of visually examining

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-y

process/condition

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a-,an-

no/not/without

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aut-/an-

self/own

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dia-

complete/through

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endo-

within

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epi-

above/upon

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ex-/exo-

out/outside of/outward

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hyper-

excessive/above/more than normal

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hypo-

deficient/under/less than normal

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in-

into/in

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peri-

surrounding/around

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pro-

before/forward

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re-

back/backward/again

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retro-

behind

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sub-

below/under

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trans-

across/through

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when ⁻ is above vowel

sound is long

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when ∪ is above vowel

sound is short

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capitalized syllable is

accented