hsci 131 purdue exam one

dermat- (g)

skin

cutane- (l)

skin

nephr- (g)

kidney

ren- (l)

kidney

stomat- (g)

stomach

or- (l)

mouth

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

hepat/o

liver

immun/o

immune, immunity, safe

nephr/o

kidney

oste/o

bone

-itis

inflammation

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor

-cyte

cell

an-

without, not (vowel)

esthes

feeling

-ia

condition

hyper-

excessive, above normal

therm

heat

intra-

in, within

muscul

muscle

-ar

pertaining to

para-

near, beside; beyond

nas

nose

-al

pertaining to

poly

many, much

ur

urine

pre-

before

nat

birth

enter/o

intestine

chondr/o

cartilage

arthr/o

joint

pancreat/o

pancreas

-desis

fixation, binding

dent/o

teeth

-ist

specialist

cholangi/o

bile vessel

tonsill/o

tonsils

splen/o

spleen

append/o

appendix

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

col/o

colon

hemat/o

blood

-emesis

vomiting

encephal/o

brain

mening/o

membranes, meninges

-pathy

disease

-centesis

surgical puncture

-clasis

to break; surgical fracture

-ectomy

excision, removal

-lysis

separation; destruction; loosening

-pexy

fixation (of an organ)

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture

-stomy

forming an opening (mouth)

-tome

instrument to cut

-tomy

incision

-tripsy

crushing

thromb/o

blood clot

mast/o

breast

rhin/o

nose

trache/o

trachea (windpipe)

lith/o

stone, calculus

-gram

record, writing

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

electr/o

electricity

cardi/o

heart

-scope

instrument for examining

-scopy

visual examination

-algia

pain

endo-

in, within

-dynia

pain

ot/o

ear

-cele

hernia, swelling

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

bronchi/o

bronchus

-emia

blood condition

leuk/o

white

-gen

forming, producing, origin

carcin/o

cancer

-genesis

forming, producing, origin

-malacia

softening

neur/o

nerve

-osis

abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

cyan/o

blue

-penia

decrease, deficiency

-phobia

fear

hem/o

blood

-plegia

paralysis

quadri-

four

-ptosis

prolapse, downward displacement

blephar/o

eyelid

-rrhea

discharge, flow

dia-

through, across

-rrhexis

rupture

arteri/o

artery

-sclerosis

abnormal condition of hardening