Chapter 1 - Basic Word Structure
Terms
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- root
- foundation of the word
- suffix
- word ending
- combining vowel
- links the root to the suffix or the root to another root
- prefix
- word beginning
- combining form
- combination of the root and the combining vowel
- aden/o
- gland
- arthr/o
- joint
- bi/o
- life
- carcin/o
- cancer
- cardi/o
- heart
- cephal/o
- head
- cerebr/o
- cerebrum
- cis/o
- to cut
- crin/o
- secrete
- cyst/o
- urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst
- cyt/o
- cell
- derm/o
- skin
- dermat/o
- skin
- electr/o
- electricity
- encephal/o
- brain
- enter/o
- intestines (small intestines)
- erythr/o
- red
- gastr/o
- stomach
- gnos/o
- knowledge
- gynec/o
- woman, female
- hemat/o
- blood
- hepat/o
- liver
- iatr/o
- treatment
- leuk/o
- white
- nephr/o
- kidney
- neur/o
- nerve
- onc/o
- tumor
- ophthalm/o
- eye
- oste/o
- bone
- path/o
- disease
- ped/o
- child
- psych/o
- mind
- radi/p
- x-rays
- ren/o
- kidney
- rhin/o
- nose
- sarc/o
- flesh
- sect/o
- to cut
- thromb/o
- clot, clotting
- ur/o
- urinary tract, urine
- -ac
- pertaining to
- -al
- pertaining to
- -algia
- pain
- -cyte
- cell
- -ectomy
- excision, removal
- -emia
- blood condition
- -genic
- pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
- -gram
- record
- -ic, -ical
- pertaining to
- -ion
- process
- -ist
- specialist
- -itis
- inflammation
- -logy
- study of
- -oma
- tumor, mass, swelling
- -opsy
- process of viewing
- -osis
- condition, usually abnormal
- -pathy
- disease condition
- -scope
- instrument to visually examine
- -scopy
- process of visually examining
- -sis
- state of
- -tomy
- process of cutting, incision
- -y
- process, condition
- a-, an-
- no, not, without
- auto-
- self
- dia-
- through, complete
- endo-
- within
- epi-
- above, upon
- ex-
- out
- exo-
- out
- hyper-
- excessive, above, more than normal
- hypo-
- deficient, below, less than normal
- in-
- into, in
- peri-
- surrounding, around
- pro-
- before
- re-
- back, backward, again
- retro-
- behind
- sub-
- below, under
- trans-
- across, through
- cerebral
- pertaining to the cerebrum
- biopsy
- the process of viewing living tissue
- adenitis
- inflammation of a gland
- cephalic
- pertaining to the head
- carcinoma
- cancerous tumor
- cystoscopy
- process of visually examining the bladder
- electrocardiogram
- record of the electricity in the heart
- cardiology
- study of the heart
- electroencephalogram
- record of the electricity in the brain
- dermatitis
- inflammation of the skin
- arthroscopy
- process of visually examining the joints
- cytology
- the study of cells
- leukocyte
- white blood cell
- gastritis
- inflammation of the stomach
- iatrogenic
- pertaining to being produced by treatment
- nephrology
- study of kidneys
- erythrocyte
- red blood cell
- hematoma
- mass of blood
- neuralgia
- pain of nerves
- ophthalmoscopy
- process of visually examining the eye
- enteritis
- inflammation of the small intestine
- oncology
- the study of tumors (cancer)
- osteitis
- inflammation of the bones
- psychosis
- abnormal condition of the mind
- thrombocyte
- platelet -- aids in blood clotting
- renal
- pertaining to the kidneys
- nephrectomy
- removal of the kidney
- osteotomy
- incision into the bone
- resection
- removal
- carcinogenic
- cancer-producing
- sarcoma
- malignant skin tumor
- diagnosis
- complete knowledge
- prognosis
- knowledge before
- subhepatic
- below the liver
- pericardium
- membrane surrounding the heart
- hyperglycemia
- excessive level of sugar in the blood
- hypodermic
- under or below the skin
- epigastric
- above the stomach
- hypoglycemia
- deficiency of sugar in the blood
- anemia
- without blood
- urology
- study of urinary tract
- gynecology
- study of women and women's diseases
- hematology
- study of blood
- neurology
- study of nerves
- pediatrics
- treatment of children
- radiology
- study of x-rays
- ophthalmology
- study of the eyes
- gastroenterology
- study of the stomach and intestines
- endocrinology
- study of the glands that secrete hormones
- psychiatry
- treatment of the mind
- pathology
- study of disease