Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Medical Terminology: Combining Forms and Prefix's & Suffix's
*Flagged cards are medical terms that are broken down into prefixes, word roots, combining vowels, and suffixes for practice
147
Medical
Undergraduate 1
04/24/2018
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional Medical Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
Term
cyt/o
 Definition
cell
Term
hist/o
 Definition
tissue
Term
nucle/o
 Definition
nucleus
Term
chlor/o
 Definition
green
Term
cyan/o
 Definition
blue
Term
erythr/o
 Definition
red
Term
leuk/o
 Definition
white
Term
melan/o
 Definition
black, dark
Term
xanth/o
 Definition
yellow
Term
abdomen/o
 Definition
abdomen
Term
alveol/o
 Definition
alveolus - pertaining to the socket of a tooth
Term
angi/o
 Definition
vessel
Term
arteri/o
 Definition
artery
Term
bronch/o
 Definition
bronchus
Term
cardi/o
 Definition
heart
Term
cephal/o
 Definition
head, or upward
Term
cerebr/o
 Definition
cerebrum
Term
col/o
 Definition
colon
Term
cost/o
 Definition
rib
Term
crani/o
 Definition
skull
Term
derm/o
 Definition
skin
Term
encephal/o
 Definition
brain
Term
enter/o
 Definition
small intestine
Term
anter/o
 Definition
front
Term
caud/o
 Definition
tail, or downward
Term
dist/o
 Definition
away from a specific point on the body
Term
dors/o
 Definition
back
Term
infer/o
 Definition
below
Term
later/o
 Definition
side
Term
medi/o
 Definition
middle
Term
poster/o
 Definition
back, behind
Term
proxim/o
 Definition
near a point on the body
Term
super/o
 Definition
above
Term
ventr/o
 Definition
belly, or front
Term
dia-
 Definition
through, complete
Term
dys-
 Definition
difficult, labored, painful, abnormal
Term
hyper-
 Definition
above, excessive
Term
hypo-
 Definition
below, incomplete, deficient
Term
meta-
 Definition
after, beyond, change
Term
neo-
 Definition
new
Term
pro-
 Definition
before
Term
-al
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
-elle
 Definition
small
Term
-gen
 Definition
producing, formation, causing
Term
-genesis
 Definition
origin, cause
Term
-genic
 Definition
pertaining to, producing, formation, causing
Term
-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-logist
 Definition
one who studies
Term
-logy
 Definition
study of
Term
-oid
 Definition
resembling
Term
-oma
 Definition
abnormal swelling, tumor
Term
-osis
 Definition
condition of
Term
-plasia
 Definition
shape, formation
Term
-plasm
 Definition
substance, something shaped
Term
-sarcoma
 Definition
malignant tumor
Term
-sis
 Definition
state of
Term
-some
 Definition
body
Term
-stasis
 Definition
standing still
Term
-um
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ac
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-tic
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-y
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
bi-
 Definition
two
Term
uni-
 Definition
one
Term
-ad
 Definition
toward
Term
-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
-dia
 Definition
through, complete
Term
-ior
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ous
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
aden/o/carcin/oma
 Definition
cancerous tumor of glandular tissue
Term
aden/o
 Definition
gland
Term
carcin/o
 Definition
cancer
Term
cancer/ous
 Definition
pertaining to cancer
Term
carcin/o/gen
 Definition
substance that causes cancer
Term
carcin/o/genic
 Definition
producing cancer
Term
carcin/oma
 Definition
cancerous or malignant tumor
Term
cyan/o/sis
 Definition
abnormal condition of blue
Term
cyt/o/genic
 Definition
producing cells
Term
cyt/oid
 Definition
resembling a cell
Term
cyt/o/logy
 Definition
study of cell
Term
cyt/o/plasm
 Definition
cell substance
Term
dia/gno/sis
 Definition
state of complete knowledge
Term
dys/plas/ia
 Definition
abnormal development
Term
erythr/o/cyte
 Definition
red blood cell (RBC)
Term
erythr/o/cytosis
 Definition
increase in the # of red blood cells
Term
eti/o/logy
 Definition
study of causes
Term
eti/o
 Definition
cause
Term
fibr/oma
 Definition
benign tumor composed of fibrous tissue
Term
fibr/o
 Definition
fiber
Term
fibr/o/sarcoma
 Definition
malignant tumor composed of fiber
Term
hist/o/logy
 Definition
study of tissue
Term
hyper/plasia
 Definition
excessive tissue
Term
hyp/o/plasia
 Definition
incomplete tissue
Term
iatr/o/genic
 Definition
produced by a physician or treatment
Term
iatr/o
 Definition
pertaining to a physician or medicine
Term
iatr/o/logy
 Definition
study of medicine
Term
kary/o
 Definition
nucleus
Term
kary/o/cyte
 Definition
cell with a nucleus
Term
kary/o/plasm
 Definition
substance of a nucleus
Term
lei/o/my/oma
 Definition
a benign tumor composed of smooth muscle tissue
Term
my/o
 Definition
smooth muscle tissue
Term
lei/o/my/o/sarcoma
 Definition
a malignant tumor composed of smooth muscle
Term
lip/oid
 Definition
resembling fat
Term
lip/o
 Definition
fat
Term
lip/oma
 Definition
benign tumor composed of fat
Term
lip/o/sarcoma
 Definition
malignant tumor composed of fat
Term
melan/o/carcin/oma
 Definition
malignant cancerous black tumor
Term
melan/oma
 Definition
cancer that develops from melanocytes (black cells)
Term
meta/stasis
 Definition
transfer of disease from one organ to another
Term
my/oma
 Definition
benign tumor composed of muscle
Term
my/o/pathy
 Definition
disease of the muscle
Term
neo/pathy
 Definition
new disease
Term
neo/plasm
 Definition
new growth tumor
Term
What kind of vowel is this?

/o/
 Definition
*combining vowel
Term
What kind of word goes in the parentheses?

(_____)/o
 Definition
word root or root word
Term
What is this sequence called?

(word root)/(combining vowel)
 Definition
*Combining Form
Term
Which of the following is correct:

(A) a combining form is the root word, then the combining vowel

(B) a combining form is the combining vowel, then the root word
 Definition
(A): a combining form can ONLY be the root word THEN the combining vowel,
Term
neur/oid
 Definition
resembling a nerve
Term
neur/oma
 Definition
benign tumor composed of a nerve
Term
neur/o
 Definition
nerve
Term
onc/o
 Definition
tumor, swelling, mass
Term
onc/o/genic
 Definition
causing tumors
Term
onc/o/logist
 Definition
physician who studies and treats tumors
Term
onc/o/ology
 Definition
study of tumors
Term
path/o/genic
 Definition
producing disease
Term
path/o/logist
 Definition
physician who studies disease
Term
path/o/logy
 Definition
study of disease
Term
pro/gno/sis
 Definition
state before knowledge
Term
rhabd/o
 Definition
rod shaped, striated
Term
rhabd/o/my/oma
 Definition
benign tumor composed of striated muscle
Term
rhabd/o/my/o/sarcoma
 Definition
malignant tumor composed of striated muscle
Term
True or False: A combining vowel can ONLY link a root word and a suffix
 Definition
False. Combining vowels can also link two word roots
Term
sarc/o
 Definition
connective tissue
Term
sarc/oma
 Definition
benign tumor composed of connective tissue
Term
somat/o
 Definition
body
Term
somat/ic
 Definition
pertaining to the body
Term
somat/o/genic
 Definition
originating in the body
Term
somat/o/pathy
 Definition
disease of the body
Term
somat/o/plasm
 Definition
substance of the body
Term
viscer/o
 Definition
internal organs
Term
viscer/al
 Definition
pertaining to the internal organs
Term
xanth/o/chrom/ic
 Definition
pertaining to a yellow color
Term
chrom/o
 Definition
color
Term
xanth/osis
 Definition
abnormal condition of yellow
Supporting users have an ad free experience!