Question | Answer |
-ectomy | excision or surgical removal |
-ia | diseased or abnormal state, condition of |
-a | noun suffix,no meaning |
-coccus | berry shaped(form of bacterium) |
per- | through |
para- | beside,beyond,around,abnormal |
sub- | under,below |
trans- | through,across,beyond |
-tome | instrument used to cut |
adenoid/o | adenoids |
rrhea | flow,discharge |
-phagia | eating or swallowing |
-malacia | softening |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-opsy | view of, viewing |
-itis | inflammation |
myc/o | fungus |
bi/o | life |
crypt/o | hidden |
trich/o | hair |
heter/o | other |
aut/o | self |
seb/o | sebum(oil) |
coni/o | dust |
intra- | within |
staphyl/o | |
xer/o | dry |
pachy/o | thick |
epi- | on,upon,over |
rhytid/o | wrinkles |
necr/o | death (cells,body) |
strept/o | twisted chains |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
epiglott/o | epiglottis |
bronchi/o, bronch/o | bronchus |
lob/o | lobe |
diaphragmat/o, phren/o | diaphragm |
nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
alveol/o | aveolus |
laryng/o | larynx |
sinus/o | sinus |
tonsill/o | tonsil |
pleur/o | pleura |
pulmon/o | lung |
thorac/o | thorax |
trache/o | trachea |
pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o | lung,air |
sept/o | septum |
py/o | pus |
phon/o | sound,voice |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
orth/o | straight |
muc/o | mucus |
capn/o | carbon dioxide |
atel/o | imperfect,incomplete |
ox/o, ox/i | oxygen |
spir/o | breathe, breathing |
pan- | all,total |
endo- | within |
tachy- | fast, rapid |
somn/o | sleep |
eu- | normal,good |
a-,an- | without or absence of |
poly- | many,much |
-rrhagia | rapid flow of blood |
-pnea | breathing |
-tomy | cut into or incision |
-thorax | chest |
-pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
-stomy | creation of an artificial opening |
-metry | measurement |
-stenosis | constriction or narrowing |
-emia | blood condition |
-ar, -ary, -eal | pertaining to |
-scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
-ectasis | stretching out, dilatation, expansion |
-algia | pain |
-scope | instrument used for visual examination |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid ( with a sterile needle) |
-spasm | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
-graphy | process of recording, radiographic imaging |
-cele | hernia or protrusion |
-scopy | visual examination |
kerat/o | horny tissue, hard |
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
hidr/o | sweat |