Basic Word Structure Review

Vocabulary flashcards covering combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes for medical terms as presented in the review sheets.

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancerous; cancer

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum (largest part, brain)

cis/o

to cut

crin/o

secrete

cyst/o

urinary bladder; cystisac of fluid

cyt/o

cell

derm/o, dermat/o

skin

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

glyc/o

glucose sugar

gnos/o

knowledge

gynec/o

woman female

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

iatr/o

physician, treatment

leuk/o

white

log/o

study (process of)

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

onc/o

tumor

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

ped/o

child foot

psych/o

mind

radi/o

X-rays; radio activity; radius

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh

sect/o

to cut

thromb/o

clot

ur/o

drine; urinary tract

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

removal excision; resection..

-emia

blood condition

-genic

produced by or in

-globin

protein

-gram

record

-ic, -ical

pertaining to

-ion

process

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study (process of)

-oma

tumor mass fluid

-opsy

view of

-pathy

disease; emotion

-scope

instrument for visual examination

-scopy

visual examination

-sis

state of condition

-tomy

process of cutting

-y

condition; process

a-, an-

no; not; without

aut-, auto-

self, own

dia-

complete through

endo-

in within

epi-

above upon on

ex-, exo-

cuts away from

hyper-

above excessive

hypo-

deficient below; under; less than normal

in-

in into not

peri-

surrounding

pro-

before, forward

re-

back; again; backward

retro-

behind; back; backward

sub-

under; below

trans-

across through