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Key concepts: Blood Cells

Red Blood Cells

Bones

Terms in this set (250) A-

without, lack of

Ab-

away from (ab/normal)

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Able

capable of or ability to

abort/io

to miscarry (natural or induced)

abrupt/io

to tear away from

abcess

A going away

acne

pointed

acoust/i

hearing

Acr/o

extremities, height, pointed

actin/o

sun, ray, radium

acu

sharp

-Ac

refers to, pertains to, or state of

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Ad-

near or beside

Aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

Aer/o

air or gas

AF-

toward

alb/o

white (albino)

alges/i

pain

-algia

pain

alopeci

fox mange or baldness

Alveol/i

cavity

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ambi

both

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ambul/o

to walk

amphi

both

amylo

starch

an

lack of, without

an/o

ring

ana-

up, apart

angi/o

vessel

angin/o

vessel

ankyl/o

fuse or bind

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ante

before

anter/o

before or foremost

antrax

coal or carbuncle

anti

against

aneurysm

dilation or ballooning

-apheresis

to remove or seperate (into blood parts)

Apo

above or upon

aqua

water

ARACHINO-

spider arach/oid spider/resembles related term(s): ARACHN/O-

arche/o

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aria

air

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

articul/o

jointed

-AR

refers to or pertains to

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ASCAR/I-

worm ascari/asis worm/condition of (round nematode worm usually infecting intestines) helminthiasis (worm condition); vermiform (worm/shape) related term(s): HELMINTH/O-, VERMI-

-ase

enzyme

-asthenia

weakness

asthma-

panting

atelo

incomplete, without end, imperfect ending

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athero

porridge or yellow fat

-ation

process of or procedure of

atresia

closure

atri/o

chamber

ATTRIT/I-

wearing out

attrit/ion wearing out/process of audi-

hearing

aur/i

ear

auscult/o-

to listen

auto-

self

AVULS/I-

to tear avuls/ion to tear/process of (ligaments torn from bones) related term(s): spadi-

bacill/o

rod-like

bacteri/o

rod

balan/o

glans penis

baro

weight

bas/o

basic or at base

Bene-

good or normal

benign

kind

Beri

weakness /

weakness/weakness (vitamin B1 or thiamine deficiency disease)

Bi-

two

bil/i

gall, bile

bin

two

bio

life

-blast

beginning or young

BLEB/O-

blister bleb/ic blister or bulla 'bubble'/refers to (bleb/ic is a bulb or blister that often is filled with blood) related term(s): BULLA-, BULBA-

blenno-

mucus

blephar/o

eyelid

bol/o

lump or ball

brach/i

arm brachi/al arm/refers to (humerus is the bone of upper arm)

Brachy-

short

brady-

slow

Brevi-

short

Bronchi-

windpipe or trachea-like

brux

grinding

bucca

cheek

bulba

blister or vesicle

bulimo-

hunger bulim/ic hunger or appetite (excessive)/refers to or condition of (eating and purging syndrome)

burs/o

sac, wine sac, pouch

CAL/O-

heat, heated or hot

CALCIN/O-

calcium calcin/osis calcium/condition of (excessive calcium buildup on bones)

calco-

pebbles or granules of calcium mineral

calx-

heel or lime

CANDID/I-

glowing white candidi/asis glowing white (fungus infection)/condition of

canth/o-

corner of the eye

capill/o

hair-like

capit/o

head

capn/o

carbon dioxide

caput

head

CARBUN/O-

glowing ember carbun/cle glowing ember/small (numerous boils) related term(s): CARBUNCUL/O-

carcin/o

crab-like

cardi/o

heart

carp/o

wrist

cata-

breakdown or down

cataract

waterfall or cloudiness

catarrh

to flow down

catheter/o

to let down into catheter/iz/ation to let down into/act of/procedure of

CAUST/O-

burn or heat

cauter/o

to burn or to heat cauter/iz/ation to burn or to heat/act of/procedure of related term(s): CAUS-, CAUST/O-

cav-

hollow

cebo-

meal or food

cec/o

blind pouch

-cele

swelling or tumor

celi/o

belly, abdomen

cellul/o

chambers

cement/o

hard

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

centi-

one hundredth

CENTR/I-

center Centri/fug/al Center (middle of circle)/to flee/refers to (heavy particles move to bottom or outside from the center)

cephal/o

head

-cept-

reciever

cerebr/o

brain

ceru-

wax

cervi

neck

chalazio

hailstone

chancr/o

ulcer

cheil/o

lip

chiro

hand

chloro

green

cholangi/o

bile duct

chole

gall, bile

cholecysto

gallbladder

choledoch/o

gallbladder duct (canal)

choler/a

biliary acute diarrhea (bacteria)

chondr/o

cartilage

chrom/o

colored

chyme

juice

cicatrix

scar

-cid

to kill

CIL/I-

eyelash-like cil/ia eyelash-like (structures lining lungs)/refers to

cine/o

movement filming

circum-

around

cirrho-

yellow orange

-cis

cut or to cut

-clast

breakdown

clavicul/o

collarbone

cleido

clavicle or collarbone

clino

bent

-clysis

irrigation or injection hydro/clysis water/irrigation or injection

co-

two

coagul/o

clotting or to clot coagul/ation clotting or to clot/process of

coccus (cocci)

berry

coccyg/o

tailbone

cochle/o

snail-like cochle/ar snail-like/pertain to (lower part of inner ear: for hearing sound)

col/o

colon

colp/o

vagina

com-

together

COMATO-

deep sleep

concuss/i

violent shaking concuss/ion violent shaking/process of (brain injury resulting in bleeding, headaches, and other symptoms)

condylo

knuckle

conic/o

dust

-CONIS

cone-shaped kerato/conis cornea/cone-shaped (outer covering of iris 'cornea' elevated or protrudes)

conjuntiv/o

joined together

contra-

against

contus/i

bruise contus/ion bruise/process of (non-broken skin injury with pain, swelling, & discolored)

CONVOLO-

to roll together convol/ution to roll together/pertains to

cord-

vocal cords or cord

cori/o

skin

corne/o

cornea or horn shape

cornu-

horn or horny stratum cornu (corneum) layer/horn or horny (upper epidermis skin layer)

coron/o

crowning coron/ary crowning (heart blood vessels)/refer to

coronal plane

crowning or frontal body cut

corp/o

body

cortic/o

bark, outer bark, rind, cortex

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

-creas

fleshy or flesh pan/creas all/fleshy or flesh (this is the appearance of a 6" compound gland in the abdominal cavity)

crenat/o

notched crenat/ion notched/process of (irregular shaped red blood cells)

-crine

to secrete

-crit

seperate

CRUC/I-

cross or cross-like

cryo-

cold

crypto-

hidden

CUB/O-

cube or cube-shaped

cubit/o

elbow

culd/o

blind pouch culdo/scop/y blind pouch/viewing/procedure of (an instrument examines the pelvic viscera 'organs' with an endo/scop/e after introducing it through the posterior fornix 'arch' cul-de-sac 'blind pouch' wall of the vagina)

-cule

little

curett/o-

scooping or scraping

-cusis

hearing

cusp/i

pointed

CUTI/O-, CUT-, CUTI-

skin t/i l

skin/little sub/cut/aneous under/skin/refers to (the word part CUTIO- is a suffix, the words part -CUTIS is a prefix) related term(s): CORI/O-, CUT-, DERMAT/O-, DERMO-, -PELL

cyan/o

blue

cycl/o

circle

-cyesis

pregnancy

cyst/o

bladder or sac

-cyte

cell or chamber

-cytosis

increase in number

dacry/o

tear

dactylo-

digits

de-

away

deci-

1/10

deep

Away from the body surface; more internal

deka

10^1

delta

fan shaped or triangular

dem/o

people

demi-

half

dendr/o

tree shaped

dent/o

tooth or teeth

depress/o

lower

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

-desis

binding or to bind

dextr/o

right

dia-

across through total between

-didymus

testis or teste

different-

to separate

digit

finger or toe

diplo

double or two

dips/o

thirst or thirsty

diptheri/a

membrane

dis-

away from or reverse

dist/o

farthest from

Diverticul/o

out pouching

doch/o

duct or canal chole/doch/itis bile or gall/duct or canal/inflamed

DOCT/O-

to teach or teacher

DOL/O-

pain dol/or pain/one who (causes) related term(s): -AGRA, ALGESIA-, -ALGIA, -DYNIA

Dors/o

back

drom/o

running

duct/o

to draw or to lead away

duoden/o

twelve

dura

hard

DY/O-

two or a pair

dynam/o

work or strength dynam/ics work or strength/refers to dynamo/meter strength/measurement (measure the strength of muscles)

-dynia

pain

dys-

difficult, faulty, painful

-E

instrument

E-

out or remove

ec-

outside, outward, outer, out

eccrine-

secreting or to secrete

echo

sound

ectasis

enlargement or dialation

ectomy

excision or removal

eczema

to boil out

edema

swelling

ef-

away or out

electr/o

electrical

-ellum

lesser or smaller

em-

in

embryo

early

caud/o

tail or toward tail

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