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96 Cards in this Set
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Name 4 types of word parts?
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word roots, combining forms, suffixes and prefixes
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What are word roots?
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-basic meaning of term
-often refer to a body part |
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What are combining forms?
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-a root word with a vowel at the end so that a suffix beginning with a consonant can be added
-combining vowels can also connect one root word to another |
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What is a suffix?
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-a word ending that often indicates either a condition, disease, procedures or disorder
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What is a prefix?
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-is always at the beginning of a word and often indicates number, location, time or status
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ab-
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away from
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ad-
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toward or in the direction of
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dia-
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through, across, between, apart
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dys-
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difficulty, bad, painful
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endo-
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within
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eu-
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good, normal
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hyper-
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excessive or increased
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hypo-
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deficient or decreased
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inter-
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between or among
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intra-
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within or inside
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neo-
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new
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peri-
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surrounding
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post-
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after
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pre-
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before
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sub-
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under, less or below
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super-
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above
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supra-
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excessive
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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angi/o
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blood vessel
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append/o
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appendix
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appendic/o
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appendix
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arteri/o
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artery
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arthr/o
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joint
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ather/o
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fatty substance or plaque
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cardi/o
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heart
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col/o
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colon
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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crani/o
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skull
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cyan/o
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blue
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enter/o
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small intestine
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erythr/o
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red
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gastr/o
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stomach
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geront/o
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old age
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hepat/o
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liver
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hem/o
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blood
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laryng/o
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throat, larynx
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leuk/o
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white
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melan/o
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black
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my/o
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muscle
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myc/o
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fungus
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myel/o
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bone marrow or spinal cord
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nat/o
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birth
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nephr/o
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kidney
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neur/o
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nerve
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ot/o
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ear
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poli/o
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grey
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py/o
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pus
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pyel/o
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renal pelvis
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pyr/o
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fever
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rhin/o
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nose
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tonsill/o
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tonsils
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-ac
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pertaining to
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-al
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pertaining to
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-algia
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pain
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-cyte
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cell
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-derma
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skin
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-dynia
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pain
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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-graphy
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producing a picture or record
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-gram
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a picture or record
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-itis
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inflammation
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-osis
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conditions
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-malacia
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abnormal softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-necrosis
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tissue death
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-ologist
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specialist
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-ology
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study of
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-oma
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tumor
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-ostomy
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surgically creating an artificial opening
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-otomy
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cutting into or surgical incision
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-pathy
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disease
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhage
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bleeding or excessive flow
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-rrhagia
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bleeding or excessive flow
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-sclerosis
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abnormal hardening
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-stenosis
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abnormal narrowing
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myel/o
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bone marrow or spinal cord
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nat/o
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birth
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nephr/o
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kidney
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neur/o
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nerve
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ot/o
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ear
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poli/o
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grey
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py/o
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pus
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pyel/o
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renal pelvis
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pyr/o
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fever
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rhin/o
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nose
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What are the word part guidelines?
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-word root can not stand alone
- suffix must be added to complete the term -rules for creating a combining form by adding a vowel |
