Chapter 1: Basic Word Structure

Vocabulary flashcards covering basic word structure, combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes from Chapter 1.

Root

The essential meaning of the term

Suffix

Word ending

Prefix

Small part added to the beginning of the term

Combining vowel

Connects roots to suffixes or to other roots

Combining form

Combination of the root and combining vowel

Electrocardiogram

Record of electricity in the heart

Subgastric

Pertaining to under the stomach

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer, cancerous

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

gland

cerebr/o

cerebrum, largest part of the brain

crin/o

to secrete (to form and give off)

cyst/o

urinary bladder

cyt/o

cell

dem/o

people

derm/o; dermat/o

skin

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines (usually the small 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 (cancerous)

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

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

cutting out; removal, excision

-emia

blood condition

-globin

protein

-gram

record

-ia

condition

-ic

pertaining to

-ism

condition, process

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist in the study of

-logy

study of

-oma

tumor, mass

-opsy

process of viewing

-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