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Chapter 1
Word Parts
Term | Definition |
---|---|
ab- | away from |
norm | rule (root) |
-al | pertaining to |
adhes | stuck to (root) |
-ion | process |
anti- | against |
pyret | fever (root) |
-ic | pertaining to |
sept | putrefaction (root) |
tuss | cough (root) |
-ive | nature of, quality of |
a- | without |
-sepsis | decay |
auto- | self |
nom | law (root) |
-y | condition |
axill | armpit (root) |
-ary | pertaining to |
bi(o) | life (root) |
-opsy | to view |
cac- | bad |
-hexia | condition |
centi- | 100 or hundredth |
-grade | a step |
-meter | measure |
centr/i | center (root) |
-fuge | to flee |
chem/o | chemical |
-therapy | treatment |
dia- | through |
-gnosis | knowledge |
-phoresis | to carry |
dis- | apart |
infect | to infect (root) |
-ant | forming |
epi- | upon |
dem | people (root) |
eti/o | cause (root) |
-logy | study of |
ex- | out |
cis | to cut (root) |
-ion | process |
hetero- | different |
gene | formation, produce (root) |
-ous | pertaining to |
in- | in, into |
kil/o | thousand (root) |
-gram | a weight |
macr/o | large (root) |
scop | to examine (root) |
mal- | bad |
format | a shaping (root) |
malign | bad kind (root) |
-ant | forming |
maxim | greatest (root) |
-al | pertaining to |
micro- | small |
organ | organ (root) |
-ism | condition |
milli- | thousandth |
-liter | liter |
minim | least (root) |
multi- | many much |
-form | shape |
necr | death (root) |
-osis | condition |
neo- | new |
-pathy | disease |
onc/o | tumor |
palm | palm (root) |
-ar | pertaining to |
para- | beside |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
pro- | before |
prophylact | guarding (root) |
pyr/o | heat, fire (root) |
-genic | formation, produce |
radi/o | ray, x-ray (root) |
syn- | together, with |
-drome | that which runs together |
therm/o | hot, heat (root) |
-meter | to measure |
top/o | place |
-graphy | recording |