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Turley's Medical Language Chapter 2
Combining form(s) | Meaning |
---|---|
a- | away from, without |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
-able | able to be |
-ad | toward, in the direction of |
ambulat/o | walking |
ana- | apart from, excessive |
ancill/o | servant, accessory |
anter/o | before; front part |
-atic | pertaining to |
-ative | pertaining to |
-atory | pertaining to |
auscult/o | listening |
caud/o | tailbone; lower part of the body |
cav/o | hollow space |
cephal/o | head |
chondr/o | cartilage |
chron/o | time |
communic/o | impart, transmit |
congenit/o | present at birth |
coron/o | encircling structure |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
-crine | a thing that secretes |
crin/o | secrete |
de- | reversal of; without |
dent/o | tooth |
dermat/o | skin |
dia- | complete; completely through |
dietet/o | foods, diet |
dist/o | away from the center or point of origin |
dors/o | back, dorsum; uppermost part |
-drome | a running |
enter/o | intestine |
-eon | one who performs |
epi- | upon, above |
-ery | process of |
eti/o | cause of disease |
exacerb/o | increase, provoke |
extern/o | outside |
fract/o | break up |
front/o | front |
-gen | that which produces |
gener/o | production; creation |
gen/o | arising from; produced by |
ger/o | old age |
gnos/o | knowledge |
gynec/o | woman, female |
habilitat/o | give ability |
heredit/o | genetic influence |
horizont/o | boundary between the earth and sky |
-iac | pertaining to |
iatr/o | physician; medical treatment |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ical | pertaining to |
-ician | a skilled professional or expert |
-ics | knowledge, practice |
idi/o | unknown; individual |
immun/o | immune response |
infect/o | disease within |
infer/o | below |
inguin/o | groin |
inspect/o | looking at |
integument/o | skin |
intern/o | inside |
intestin/o | intestine |
-ior | pertaining to |
-ious | pertaining to |
-ist | one who specializes in |
-istry | process related to the specialty of |
-ity | state; condition |
-ive | pertaining to |
later/o | side |
log/o | word; the study of |
lumb/o | lower back; area between the ribs and pelvis |
lymph/o | lymph; lymphatic system |
macr/o | large |
medi/o | middle |
medic/o | physician; medicine |
micr/o | small; one millionth |
mid- | middle |
muscul/o | muscle |
ne/o | new |
nerv/o | nerve |
nucle/o | nucleus (of a cell or an atom) |
nutri/o | nourishment |
obstetr/o | pregnancy and childbirth |
onc/o | tumor, mass |
ophthalm/o | eye |
orth/o | straight |
-ory | having the function of |
ot/o | ear |
palliat/o | reduce the severity of |
palpat/o | touching, feeling |
path/o | disease, suffering |
ped/o | child |
pelv/o | pelvis (hip bone; renal pelvis) |
percuss/o | tapping |
pharmac/o | medicine; drug |
physi/o | physical function |
plas/o | growth, formation |
poster/o | back part |
prevent/o | prevent |
pro- | before |
product/o | produce |
proxim/o | near the center or point of origin |
pulmon/o | lung |
radi/o | radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation |
re- | again and again; backward, unable to |
recuper/o | recover |
remiss/o | send back |
sagitt/o | going from front to back |
-scope | instrument used to examine |
scop/o | examine with an instrument |
skelet/o | skeleton |
spin/o | spine; backbone |
spir/o | breathe; a coil |
steth/o | chest |
superfici/o | on or near the surface |
super/o | above |
surg/o | operative procedure |
symptomat/o | collection of symptoms |
syn- | together, with |
techn/o | technical skill |
termin/o | end; boundary |
therapeut/o | treatment |
therap/o | treatment |
thorac/o | thorax (chest) |
-tion | a process; being or having |
tom/o | a cut, slice, or layer |
-tomy | process of cutting or making an incision |
trans- | across, through |
umbilic/o | umbilicus, navel |
ur/o | urine; urinary system |
vascul/o | blood vessel |
ventr/o | front; abdomen |
-verse | to travel; to turn |