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What is a "word root"?
The main body of a word.
- Ex. word root: psych
- psyche (Greek origin, meaning "mind")
- use in a word: psychology (the study of
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What is a "combining vowel"?
A vowel between word roots.
- Ex. in hepat/o + megaly (hepatomegaly),
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What is a "combining form"?
The combining form is the word root/vowel.
Ex. cardi/o
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-logist
one who studies, specialist
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-ac, -al, -ic, -ical
pertaining to
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-logic, -logical
pertaining to the study of
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-iatrics, -iatry
medical profession or treatment
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-logy
study or science of
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meaning of: cardi/o
heart
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medical specialty and specialist for the heart (cardi/o)
cardiology, cardiologist
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medical specialty and specialist for secretions (crin/o)
endocrinology, endocrinologist
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meaning of: crin/o
to secrete
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meaning of: dermat/o
skin
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meaning of: esthesi/o
feeling or sensation
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meaning of: gastr/o, enter/o
stomach, intestines
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meaning of: ger/a, ger/o, geront/o
elderly
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meaning of: gynec/o
female
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medical specialty and specialist for skin (dermat/o)
dermatology, dermatologist
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medical specialty and specialist for feeling or sensation (esthesi/o)
anesthesiology, anesthesiologist
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medical specialty and specialist for stomach, intestines (gastr/o, enter/o)
gastroenterology, gastroenterologist
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medical specialty and specialist for the elderly (ger/a, ger/o, geront/o)
geriatrics, geriatrician
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medical specialty and specialist for females (gynec/o)
gynecology, gynecologist
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meaning of: immun/o
immune
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meaning of: ne/o, nat/o
new, birth
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meaning of: obstetr/o
midwife
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meaning of: opthalm/o
eye
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meaning of: orth/o, ped/o
straight, child
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meaning of: ot/o, laryng/o
ear, larynx
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meaning of: path/o
disease
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meaning of: radi/o
radiation or radius
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meaning of: rheumat/o
rheumatism
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meaning of: ur/o
urinary tract (or urine)
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medical specialty and specialist for immune system (immun/o)
immunology, immunologist
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medical specialty and specialist for new, birth (ne/o, nat/o)
neonatology, neonatologist
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medical specialty and specialist for neur/o
neurology, neurologist
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medical specialty and specialist for obstetr/o
obstetrics, obstetrician
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medical specialty and specialist for onc/o
oncology, oncologist
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medical specialty and specialist for opthalm/o
opthalmology, opthalmologist
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medical specialty and specialist for orth/o, ped/o
orthopedics, orthopedic surgeon
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medical specialty and specialist for ot/o, laryng/o
otolaryngology, otolaryngologist
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medical specialty and specialist for path/o
pathology, pathologist
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medical specialty and specialist for ped/o
pediatrics, pediatrician
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medical specialty and specialist for psych/o
psychiatry, psychiatrist
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medical specialty and specialist for radi/o
radiology, radiologist
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medical specialty and specialist for rheumat/o
rheumatology, rheumatologist
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medical specialty and specialist for rhin/o
rhinology, rhinologist
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medical specialty and specialist for ur/o
urology, urologist
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-centesis
surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
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-ectomy
excision (surgical removal or cutting out)
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-lysis
process of loosening, freeing or destroying
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-pexy
surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
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-rrhaphy
suture (uniting a wound by stitches)
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-scopy
visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure)
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-stomy
formation of an opening
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-tome
an instrument used for cutting
Ex. microtome
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-tomy
incision (cutting into tissue)
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-tripsy
surgical crushing
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append/o, appendic/o
appendix
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cerebr/o, encephal/o
brain
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col/o
colon or large intestine
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cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o
skin
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myel/o
bone marrow or spinal chord
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pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o
lungs
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trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
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vas/o
vessel, ductus deferens
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-able, -ible
capable of, able to
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary,
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pertaining to
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condition or theory
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pertaining to or characterized by
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prote/o, protein/o
protein
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quad-, quadri-, tetra-
four
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centi-
one hundred, one-hundredth
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hemi-, semi-
half, partly
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hyper-
excessive, more than normal
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hypo-
under, less than normal
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contra-
against or opposed
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ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-
out, without, away from
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hypo-, infra-, sub-
beneath, under
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para-
near, beside or abnormal
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super-, supra-
above, beyond
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sym-, syn-
joined together
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pro-
favoring, supporting
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macro-, mega-, megalo-
large or great
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alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o (leuc/o)
white
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Give the suffix and meaning of: cyt/o
-cyte, cell
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Give the suffix and meaning of: gen/o
beginning, origin (sometimes genes)
-genic; produced by or in
-genesis; producing or forming
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Give the suffix and meaning of: gram/o
to record
-gram; a record
-graph; instrument for recording
-graphy; process of recording
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Give the suffix and meaning of: kinesi/o
movement
-kinesia, -kinesis; movement, motion
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Give the suffix and meaning of: leps/o
-lepsy, seizure
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Give the suffix and meaning of: lys/o
destruction, dissolving
- -lysin; that which destroys
- -lysis; process of destroying
- -lytic; capable of producing destruction
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Give the suffix and meaning of: malac/o
soft/softening
-malacia; abnormal softening
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Give the suffix and meaning of: megal/o
large, enlarged
-malacia; enlargement
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Give the suffix and meaning of: metr/o
measure, uterine tissue
-meter; instrument used to measure
-metry; process of measuring
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Give the suffix and meaning of: path/o
-pathy; disease
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Give the suffix and meaning of: phag/o
eat, ingest
-phagia, -phagic, -phagy; eating, swallowing
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Give the suffix and meaning of: phas/o
-phasia; speech
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Give the suffix and meaning of: pleg/o
-plegia; paralysis
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Give the suffix and meaning of: schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o
-schisis; split, cleft
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Give the suffix and meaning of: scler/o
to examine, to view
-scope; instrument used for viewing
-scopy; process of examining visually
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Give the suffix and meaning of: troph/o
-trophic, -trophy; nutrition
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cancer/o, carcin/o
cancer
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trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
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before meals (ante cibum)
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AMA
American Medical Association
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ARRT
American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
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CDC
Center for Disease Control
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Ob-Gyn
Obstetrics and Gynecology
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PRN
as the occasion arises (pre re nata)
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Px, PE
physical examination
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-ecstasia, -ectasis
dilatation (dilation, enlargement or stretching of a structure or part)
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condition of the blood
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excessive preoccupation
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prolapse (sagging)
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
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stopping, controlling
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