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127 Cards in this Set

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-er, -ist
one who
-iatrician
practitioner
-logist
one who studies; specialist
-ac, -al, -ic
pertaining to
-logic, -logical
pertaining to the study of
-iatrics, -iatry
medical profession or treatment
-logy
study or science of
cardi/o
heart
crin/o
to secrete
dermat/o
skin
esthesi/o
feeling or sensation
gastr/o
stomach
enter/o
intestines (sometimes specifically small intestine
ger/a, ger/o, geront/o
elderly
gynec/o
female
immun/o
immune
ne/o, nat/o
new, birth
neur/o
nerve
obstetr/o
midwife
onc/o
tumor
ophthalm/o
eye
orth/o
straight
ped/o
child or foot
ot/o
ear
laryng/o
larynx
path/o
disease
psych/o
mind
radi/o
radiation (or radius)
rheumat/o
rheumatism
rhin/o
nose
ur/o
urinary tract (or urine)
cardiologist
cardiology specialist
endocrinologist
endocrinology specialist
dermatologist
dermatology specialist
anesthesiologist
anesthesiology specialist
gastroenterologist
gastroenterology specialist
gerontologist or geriatrician
gerontology specialist
gynecologist
gynecology specialist
immunologist
immunology specialist
neonatologist
neonatology specialist
neurologist
neurology specialist
obstetrician
obstetrics specialist
oncologist
oncology specialist
ophthalmologist
opthalmology specialist
orthopedist or orthopedic surgeon
orthopedics specialist
otolaryngologist
otolaryngology specialist
pathologist
pathology specialist
pediatrician
pediatric specialist
psychiatrist
psychiatry specialist
radiologist
radiology specialist
rheumatologist
rheumatology specialist
rhinologist
rhinology specialist
urologist
urology specialist
-centesis
surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
-ectomy
excision (surgical removal or cutting out)
-lysis
process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
-pexy
surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhaphy
suture (uniting a wound by stitches)
-scopy
visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure)
-stomy
formation of an opening
-tome
an instrument used for cutting
-tomy
incision (cutting into tissue)
-tripsy
surgical crushing
aden/o
gland
angi/o
vessel
append/o or appendic/o
appendix
bi/o
life or living
blephar/o
eyelid
cerebr/o or encephal/o
brain
chir/o
hand
col/o
colon or large intestine
cutane/o, derm/a, or dermat/o
skin
faci/o
face
hepat/o
liver
mamm/o or mast/o
breast
muscul/o or my/o
muscle
myel/o
bone marrow or spinal cord
oste/o
bone
pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, or pneumon/o
lungs
tonsil/o
tonsil
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
vas/o
vessel; ductus deferens
-algia, -dynia
pain
-cele
hernia (protrusion of all or part of an organ through wall or cavity that contains it)
-ecstasia, -ecstasis
dilatation (dilation, enlargement or stretching of a structure or part)
-edema
swelling
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
condition of the blood
-ia, -iasis
condition
-itis
inflammation
-lith
stone or calculus
-malacia
soft, softening
-mania
excessive preoccupation
-megaly
enlargement
-oid
resembling
-oma
tumor
-osis
condition (often abnormal condition)
-pathy
disease
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
abnormal fear
-ptosis
prolapse (sagging)
-rrhage, -rrhagia
excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
-rrhea
flow or discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
-spasm
twitching, cramp
-stasis
stopping, controlling
-able, -ible
capable of, able to
-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic
pertaining to
-ase
enzyme
-eum, -ium
membrane
-ia, -ism
condition or theory
-iac
one who suffers
-opia
vision
-ose
sugar
-ous
pertaining to or characterized by
-y
state or condition
amyl/o
starch
glyc/o
sugar
hemat/o
blood
lact/o
milk
lip/o
fat
lith/o
stone
micro-
small
muc/o
mucus
prote/o, protein/o
protein
pyr/o
fire