Chapter 1

Front 1

What are the four word parts?

Back 1

Word root, Combining forms, Prefixes, Suffixes

Front 2

Word root definition

Back 2

Foundation of the word

Front 3

Prefix definition

Back 3

At the beginning of the word

Front 4

Suffix definition

Back 4

At the end of the word

Front 5

Combining vowels definition

Back 5

Connect other word parts

Front 6

Bi/o

Back 6

Life

Front 7

Carcin/o

Back 7

Cancer

Front 8

Cardi/o

Back 8

Heart

Front 9

Chem/o

Back 9

Chemical

Front 10

Cis/o

Back 10

To cut

Front 11

Dermat/o

Back 11

Skin

Front 12

Enter/o

Back 12

Small intestine

Front 13

Gastr/o

Back 13

Stomach

Front 14

Gynec/o

Back 14

Female

Front 15

Hemat/o

Back 15

Blood

Front 16

Immun/o

Back 16

Immunity

Front 17

Laryng/o

Back 17

Voice box

Front 18

Nephr/o

Back 18

Kidney

Front 19

Neur/o

Back 19

Nerve

Front 20

Ophthalm/o

Back 20

Eye

Front 21

Ot/o

Back 21

Ear

Front 22

Path/o

Back 22

Disease

Front 23

Pulmon/o

Back 23

Lung

Front 24

Rhin/o

Back 24

Nose

Front 25

a-

Back 25

without, away from

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an-

Back 26

without

Front 27

anti-

Back 27

against

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auto-

Back 28

self

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brady-

Back 29

slow

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de-

Back 30

without

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dys-

Back 31

painful, difficult, abnormal

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endo-

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within, inner

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epi-

Back 33

upon, over

Front 34

eu-

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normal, good

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ex-

Back 35

external, outward

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extra-

Back 36

outside of

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hetero-

Back 37

different

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homo-

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same

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hyper-

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over, above

Front 40

hypo-

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under, below

Front 41

in-

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not, inward

Front 42

inter-

Back 42

among, between

Front 43

intra-

Back 43

within, inside

Front 44

macro-

Back 44

large

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micro-

Back 45

small

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neo-

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new

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para-

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beside, near, abnormal, two like parts of a pair

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per-

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through

Front 49

peri-

Back 49

around

Front 50

post-

Back 50

after

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pre-

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before, in front of

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pro-

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before

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pseudo-

Back 53

false

Front 54

re-

Back 54

again

Front 55

retro-

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backward, behind

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sub-

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below, under

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trachy-

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fast

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trans-

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through, across

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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un-

Back 60

not

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bi-

Back 61

two

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hemi-

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half

Front 63

mono-

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one

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multi-

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many

Front 65

nulli-

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none

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pan-

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all

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poly-

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many

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quadri-

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four

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semi-

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partial, half

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tetra-

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four

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tri-

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three

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-algia

Back 72

pain

Front 73

-cele

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hernia, protrusion

Front 74

-cyte

Back 74

cell

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-dynia

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pain

Front 76

-ectasis

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dilatation

Front 77

-gen

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that which produces

Front 78

-genic

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producing, produced by

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-ia

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state, condition

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-iasis

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abnormal condition

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-ism

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state of

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logist

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one who studies

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-logy

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study of

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-lytic

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destruction

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-malacia

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abnormal softening

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-megaly

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enlargement, large

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-oma

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tumor, mass

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-opsy

Back 89

view of

Front 90

-osis

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abnormal condition

Front 91

-pathy

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disease

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-plasm

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formation, development

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-plegia

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paralysis

Front 94

-ptosis

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drooping

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-rrhage

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excessive, abnormal flow

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-rrhagia

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abnormal flow condition

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-rhea

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discharge, flow

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-sclerosis

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hardening

Front 100

-stenosis

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narrowing

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-therapy

Back 101

treatment

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-trophy

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nourishment, development

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-centesis

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puncture to withdraw fluid

Front 104

-ectomy

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surgical removal

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-ostomy

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surgically create and opening

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-otomy

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cutting into

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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suture

Front 110

-tome

Back 110

instrument to cut

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-gram

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record or picture

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-graphy

Back 112

process of recording

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-meter

Back 113

instrument for measuring

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-metry

Back 114

process of measuring

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-scope

Back 115

instrument for viewing

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-scopic

Back 116

pertaining to visually examining

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-scopy

Back 117

process of visually examining