English Vocab Units 1-3

Flashcards for key terms and suffixes related to medical terminology.

flor, flori

flower

form

shape

gram

written work / written thing

graph

writing, design

luc, lum, lus; phos, photo

light

plac

pleasing, pleasant, peaceful

bronch, broncho

breathing

capit

head

cardi, cardio

heart

dent, dont

tooth

derm, dermat

skin

encephal, encephalo

brain

hepat, hepato

liver

man, manu

hand

oss, osteo

bone

ped, pod

foot

pulmo

lung

sed, sid

sit, remain

sist

stand, set

aud

hear, listen

bibli, biblio

book

dic, dict

say

lect, leg

choose, gather, read

lingua

tongue, language

loc, loq

speak

log, logy

word, reason, study

logue, gogue

leader; to lead via speech, logic, or discussion

nom, nym

name

nounce, nunci

declare

scrib, scribe, script

write

spec, spect

look, watch

vid, vis

see, view

voc, vok, vox

voice, call

-able, -ible

able to, capable of

-acious

full of; given to; marked by

-acy, -cy; -age; -ance, -ence; -ancy, -ency; -dom

state, quality, or condition; act or process of

-ade

act or result of (product or thing)

-al, -ial; -an; -ary

relating to; characteristic of; like

-ant, -ent; -ard; -eer; -er, -or; -crat

one who does or makes something

-arian

holders of a particular belief system or lifestyle

-arium, -orium

place for

-ate, -ble; -en; -ed

to become; produce; or treat

-ectomy

removal of

-itis

inflammation of

-ee

one who is acted upon; person

-a, -ae

plural