Patient Eval Quiz 1

Med term chapters 1 and 2 (jacked)

Root

Root

Meaning of the term

Suffix

Ending of the word

Prefix

added to beginning of term

Combining vowel

connects roots to suffixes and roots to other roots

Combining form

combination of the root and combining vowel

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

skin

dermat/o

skin

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

gnos/o

knowledge

gynec/o

woman, female

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

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

-al

pertaining to

-algia

condition of pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

cutting out; removal, excision

-emia

blood condition

-globin

protein

-gram

to record

-ia

condition

-ic

pertaining to

-ism

condition, process

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist in the study of

-logy

study of

-oma

tumor, mass

-opsy

to view

-osis

abnormal condition

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-scopy

process of visual examination

-sis

state of

-tomy

process of cutting into; incision

a-, an-

no, not

aut-

self

dia-

complete, through

dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

endo-

within

epi-

above, upon, on

exo-

outside

hyper-

excessive, more than normal, too much

hypo-

below, less than normal, under

pan-

all

peri-

surrounding

pro-

before, forward

re-

back

retro-

behind

sub-

below, under

trans-

across, through

abdomin/o

abdomen

anter/o

front

bronch/o

bronchial tube

cervic/o

neck (of the body or of the uterus)

chrondr/o

cartilage

coccyg/o

coccyx (tailbone)

crani/o

skull

epitheli/o

skin, surface tissue

esophag/o

esophagus

hepat/o

liver

lapar/o

abdomen

laryng/o

larynx

later/o

side

lumb/o

loin (waist)

lymph/o

lymph (clear fluid in tissue spaces and lymph vessels)

mediastin/o

mediastinum

pelv/o

pelvis

peritone/o

peritoneum

pharyng/o

pharynx

pleur/o

pleura

poster/o

back, behind

radi/o

x-rays

sacr/o

sacrum

spin/o

spine

thorac/o

chest

trache/o

trachea