Module 3/Chapter 12/Terms-Prefixes-Suffixes
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
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hem/o-
hemat/o- - blood
-
log/o-
-logy - study of
- electr/o-
- electricity
- cardi/o-
- heart
- -gram
- record
- cerebell/o-
- cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)
- cerebr/o-
- cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
- carcin/o-
- cancerous; cancer
- cephal/o-
- head
- vascul/o-
- vessel (blood)
- vas/o-
- vessel; duct; vas deferens
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cyt/o-
-cyte - cell
- cyst/o-
- urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid
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derm/o-
-derma
dermat/o- - skin
-
endo-
en- - in; within
- erythr/o-
- red
- enter/o-
- intestines (usually the small)
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col/o-
colon/o- - colon (large intestine)
- gastr/o-
- stomach
- gnos/o-
- knowledge
- gynec/o-
- woman; female
- dia-
- complete; through
- -sis
- state of; condition
- pro-
- before; forward
- -oma
- tumor; mass; fluid collection
- onc/o-
- tumor
- neur/o-
- nerve
- nephr/o-
- kidney
- oste/o-
- bone
- ophthalm/o-
- eye
- psych/o-
- mind
- path/o-
- disease
- ren/o-
- kidney
- rhin/o-
- nose
- sarc/o-
- flesh (connective tissue)
- thromb/o-
- clot
- -algia
- pain
- -ectomy
- excision; removal
- -emia
- blood condition
- -ism
- process; condition
- hyper-
- above; excessive; beyond
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-al
-ac
-ic
-iac
-ical - pretaining to
- -itis
- inflammation
- -ist
- specialist
- -opsy
- view of
- -osis
- condition; usually abnormal
- -scope
- instrument for visual examination
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a-
an- - no; not
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aut-
aut/o- - self
- ex-
- out; away from
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gluc/o-
glyc/o- - sugar; gulcose
- mellitus
- sweet
- hyp/o-
- deficient; below or under; beneath; less than
- re-
- back; again; backward
- sect/o-
- to cut
- section
- cut into
- resection
- to cut out;as in cutting back or away
- retr/o-
- behind; back; backward
- sub-
- under; below
- trans-
- across; through