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Med Term Chpt 1
Combining Forms, Suffixes and Prefixes
Question | Answer |
---|---|
Aden/o | Gland |
Arthr/o | Joints |
Bi/o | Life |
Carcin/o | Cancerous/Cancer |
Cardi/o | Heart |
Cephal/o | Head |
Cerebr/o | Cerebrum |
Cis, Sect/o | To cut |
Crin/o | To secrete |
Cyst/o | Urinary Bladder |
Cyt/o | Cell |
Derm,Dermat/o | Skin |
Electr/o | Electricity |
Encephal/o | Brain |
Enter/o | Intestines |
Erythr/o | Red |
Gastr/o | Stomach |
Glyc/o | Sugar |
Gnos/o | Knowledge |
Gynec/o | Woman, Female |
Hem,Hemat/o | Blood |
Hepat/o | Liver |
Iatr/o | Treatment, Physician |
Leuk/o | White |
Log/o | Study of |
Nephr, Ren/o | Kidney |
Onc/o | Tumor |
Ophthalm/o | Eye |
Oste/o | Bone |
Path/o | Disease |
Ped/o | Child |
Psych/o | Mind |
Radi/o | X-rays |
Rhin/o | Nose |
Sarc/o | Flesh |
Thromb/o | Clot, clotting |
Ur/o | Urinary tract, urine |
-ac, -al, -ic, -ical | Pertaining to |
-algia | Pain |
-cyte | Cell |
-ectomy | Excision, removal |
-emia | Blood condition |
-genic | Pertaining to producing, produced by |
-globin | Protein |
-gram | Record |
-ion | Process |
-ist | Specialist |
-itis | Inflamation |
-logy | Process of study |
-oma | Tumor, mass, swelling |
-opsy | Process of viewing |
-osis | Condition, usually abnormal |
-pathy | Disease, condition |
-scope | Instrument to visually examine |
-scopy | Process of visually examining with an endoscope |
-sis | State of; condition |
-tomy | Process of cutting, incision |
-y | process, condition |
a-/-an | No, not, without |
aut-/auto- | Self, own |
dia | through, complete |
end-/endo | within |
epi- | above, upon |
ex-/exo- | out, outside of, outward |
hyper- | excessive, above more than normal |
hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
in- | into, in |
peri- | surrounding, around |
pro- | before, forward |
re- | back, backward, again |
retro- | behind |
sub- | below, under |
trans- | across, through |