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UCF HSC3537 CH 2-4
With Alice Noblin
Question | Answer |
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adip/o | fat |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
anter/o | front |
bol/o | to cast (throw) |
coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
chrom/o | color |
chornd/o | cartilage |
cervic/o | neck (of the body or uterus) |
cyt/o | cell |
crani/o | skull |
dist/o | far, distant |
dors/o | back portion of the body |
hist/o | tissue |
inguin/o | groin |
kary/o | nucleus |
ili/o | ilium (of the pelvic bone) |
later/o | side |
lumb/o | lower back |
medi/o | middle |
nucle/o | nucleus |
pelv/i | pelvis |
poster/o | back, behind |
proxim/o | nearest |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sarc/o | flesh |
spin/o | spine, backbone |
thel/o | nipple |
thorac/o | chest |
trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
ventr/o | belly side of the body |
vertebro | vertebra(e), backbone(s) |
viscer/o | internal organs |
ana- | up |
cata- | down |
epi- | above |
hypo- | below |
inter- | between |
meta- | change |
-eal | pertaining to |
-iac | pertaining to |
-ior | pertaining to |
-ism | process, condition |
-ose | pertaining to, full of |
-plasm | formation |
-somes | bodies |
-algia | pain |
-cele | hernia |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-cyte | cell |
-coccus | berry-shaped bacterium |
-dynia | pain |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-genesis | condition of producing, forming |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument of recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction, & separation |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
-opsy | to view (under a microscope) |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal |
-pathy | disease condition |
-penia | deficiency |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia | formation, growth, development |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument for visual examination |
-scopy | process of visual examination |
-stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
-therapy | treament |
-tomy | incision, cutting into |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
-ose | pertaining to, full of |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ical | pertaining to |
-tic | pertaining to |
-ous | pertaining to |
-oid | resembling |
-genic | pertaining to producing, produced by or in |
-al | pertaining to |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-ac | pertaining to |
-iac | pertaining to |
-ole | little, small |
-ule | little, small |
-ist | specialist |
-ia | condition |
-er | one who |
-um | structure, tissue |
-ium | structure, tissue |
-y | condition, process |
-us | substance, structure |
uni- | one |
ultra- | beyond, excel |
tachy- | fast |
trans- | across, through |
syn- | together, with |
sym- | together, with |
supra- | above, upper |
sub- | under |
retro- | behind, backwards |
re- | back, again |
pseudo- | false |
per- | through |
peri- | surrounding |
pro- | before, forward |
post- | after, behind |
poly- | many, much |
pre- | before, in front of |
para- | abnormal, beside, near |
mal- | bad |
meta- | beyond, change |
micro- | small |
neo- | new |
pan- | all |
in- | not, into, or within |
infra- | beneath |
inter- | between |
intra- | into, within |
macro- | large |
epi- | upon, on, above |
eu- | good, normal |
ex- | out, away from |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | excessive, above |
hypo- | deficient, under |
contrra- | against, opposite |
de- | down, lack of |
dia- | through, complete |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
ec- | out, outside |
ecto- | out, outside |
en- | in, within |
endo- | in, within |
anti- | against |
auto- | self, own |
bi- | two |
brady- | slow |
cata- | down |
con- | with, together |
a- | no, not, without |
an- | no, not, without |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
ana- | up, apart |
ante- | before, forward |
cranial | brain |
thoracic | lungs & heart |
abdominal | stomach, small and large intestines, spleen, pancreas |
spinal | nerves of the spinal cord |
pelvic | portions of the small and large intestines, bladder, rectum |