Term | Definition |
root | basic part of the word (foundation) |
suffix | comes after the root (word ending) |
prefix | comes before the root (word beginning) |
combining vowel | connects word parts (link parts of words) |
hemat/o | blood |
-logy | the study of |
-gram | record or recoring |
enter/o | intestines |
sub | under |
epi | above |
-ic | pertaining to |
Electr/o | electricity |
-itis | inflammation |
-ist | specialist/one who specializes in... |
combining form | root plus combining vowel |
Bi/o | life |
gynec/o | woman/female |
onc/o | tumor |
path/o | disease |
ur/o | urnine/urineary tract |
radi/o | x-rays |
nephr/o | kidneys |
arhtr/o | joints |
hepat/o | liver |
cyst/o | urinary bladder/sac containing fluid |
rhin/o | nose |
ex- | out |
cis/o | to cut |
-ion | process of |
-ectomy | removing |
in (prefix) | in, into, not |
-tomy | incision/process of cutting |
-scope | instrument for visual examination |
-scopy | process of visual examining |
cyt/o | cell |
-cyte | cell |
leuk/o | white |
erythr/o | red |
thromb/o | clot/clotting |
-ema | blood condition |
A-, An- | no,not, without |
hemo/o | blood |
-globin | protein |
leukemia | while blood cell condition |
-algia | pain |
ot/0 | ear |
cephal/o | head |
-ic, -ac, -al, -ical | pertaining to |
encephal/o | brain |
-pathy | disease/condition |
aden/o | gland |
cerebr/o, cerebrum | largest part of the brain |
cerebral | pertaining to largest part of the brain |
vascular | pertaning to a vessel-blood vessel |
CVA | stroke |
eclectroecephalogram | recording of electricity in the brain |
-oma | tumor,mass, collection of fluid, swelling |
sarc/o | flesh |
carcin/o | cancer, cancerous |
-genic | pertaining to, producing, produced by, produced in |
iatr/o | treatment |
-opsy | process of viewing |
aut/o | self |
hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal |
glyc/o | glucose, sugar |
hypo- | deficient, below, less than normal |
epi- | above, on, upon |
crin/o | secrete (to form and give off) |
endo- | within |
exo- | out |
-sis | state of |
gnos/ | knowledge |
dia- | complete, through |
pro | before, forward |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal(slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) |
retro- | behind |
sub- | below |
trans- | across, through |
peri- | surrounding |
-ium | tissue, structure, thing |
pedo/o | child |
physi/o | nature |
secti/o | to cut |
tom/o | to cut |
-ia | condition |
-tome | instrument to cut |
ana- | up, apart |