CHAPTER 1. DAVI-ELLEN CHABNER 5TH EDITION
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| Root | Gives the essential meaning of the term
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| Suffix | The word meaning
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| Prefix | Small part added to the beginning of the term
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| Combining Vowel | Connects roots to suffixes and roots to other roots.
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| Combining form | the combination of the root and the combining vowel.
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| Cardiology | study of the heart
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| Dermatology | study of the skin
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| Endocrinology | study of endocrine glands
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| Gastroenterology | Study of the stomach and intestines
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| Gynecology | Study of women and women's diseases
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| Hematology | Study of blood
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| Neurology | Study of the nerves, brain, and spinal cord
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| Oncology | Study of tumors (cancerous and malignant diseases.
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| ophthalmology | Study of the eye
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| Pathology | Study of disease
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| Psychology | study of mind and mental disease
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| Rheumatology | Study of joints diseases (RHEUMAT/O = flow or watery discharge, which was once thought to cause aches and pains, especially in joints)
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| Below-knee leg resection (amputation) | Osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer)
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| Bone marrow biopsy | Leukemia
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| Electrocardiogram | heart attack
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| Cystoscopy | Urinary bladder carcinoma
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| Nephrectomy | Renal cell carcinoma
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| Thyroid glad resection | Adenocarcinoma of an endocrine- gland in neck
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| Gastroscopy | stomach ulcer
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| Electroencephalogram | epilepsy
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| Sub | Below
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| Trans | across
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| Retro | behind
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| ADEN/O (combining form) | gland
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| ARTHR/O (combining form) | joint
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| BI/O (combining form) | Life
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| CARCIN/O (combining form) | cancer/cancerous
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| CARDI/O (combining form) | heart
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| CEPHAL/O (combining form) | head
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| -oma (suffix) | tumor or mass
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| -itis (suffix) | inflammation
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| -logy (suffix) | study of
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| -opsy (suffix) | to view. Living tissue is removed and viewed under a microscope
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| -ic (suffix) | pertaining to
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| -al (suffix) | pertaining to
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| -scope (suffix) | instrument to visually examine.
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| cyt/o (combining form) | cell
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| derm/o (combining form) | skin
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| dermat/o (combining form) | skin
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| electr/o (combining form) | electricity
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| encephal/o (combining form) | brain
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| enter/o (combining form) | intestines (often the small intestines)
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| erythr/o (combining form) | red
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| gastr/o (combining form) | stomach
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| gnos/o (combining form) | knowledge
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| gynec/o (combining form) | woman/female
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| hem/o (combining form) hemat/o | blood
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| hepat/o (combining form) | liver
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| lapar/o (combining form) | abdomen (area between the chest and hip)
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| leuk/o (combining form) | white
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| nephr/o (combining form) | kidney
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| neur/o (combining form) | nerve
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| onc/o (combining form) | tumor
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| ophthalm/o (combining form) | eye
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| oste/o (combining form) | bone
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| path/o (combining form) | disease
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| pysch/o (combining form) | mind
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| ren/o (combining form) | kidney
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| rhin/o (combining form) | nose
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| sarc/0 (combining form) | flesh
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| thromb/o (combining form) | clotting
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| -cyte (suffix) | cell
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| -algia (suffix) | pain
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| -ectomy (suffix) | cutting out; removal, excision
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| -emia (suffix) | Blood condition
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| -globin (suffix) | Protein
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| -gram (suffix) | Record
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| -ia (suffix) | condition
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| -ic (suffix) | pertaining to
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| -ism (suffix) | condition, process
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| -itis (suffix) | inflammation
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| -logist (suffix) | specialist in the study of
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| -logy (suffix) | study of
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| -oma (suffix) | tumor, mass
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| -opsy (suffix) | to view
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| -osis (suffix) | abnormal condition
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| -scope (suffix) | instrument to visually examine
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| -scopy (suffix) | process of visual examination
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| -sis (suffix) | state of
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| -tomy (suffix) | process of cutting/incision
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| -itis (suffix) | inflammation
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| -logist (suffix) | specialist in the study of
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| -logy (suffix) | study of
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| -oma (suffix) | tumor, mass
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| -opsy (suffix) | to view
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| -osis (suffix) | abnormal condition
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| -scope (suffix) | instrument to visually examine
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| -scopy (suffix) | process of visual examination
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| a-,an- (prefix) | no, not
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| aut- (prefix) | self
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| dia- (prefix) | complete, through
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| dys- (prefix) | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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| endo- (prefix) | within
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| exo- (prefix) | outside
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| hyper- (prefix) | excessive, more than normal, too much
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| hypo- (prefix) | below, less than normal, under
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| pro- (prefix) | before, forward
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| re- (prefix) | back
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| vertebra what is the plural? | vertebrae
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| bursa what is the plural? | bursae
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| diagnosis what is the plural? | diagnoses
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| psychosis what is the plural? | psychoses
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| apex what is the plural? | apices
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| cortex what is the plural? | cotices
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| varix what is the plural? | varices
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| ganglion what is the plural? | ganglia
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| bacterium what is the plural? | bacteria
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| ovum what is the plural? | ova
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| bronchus what is the plural? | bronchi
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| calculus what is the plural? | calculi
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| Cardiology | study of heart
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| dermatology | study of skin
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| endocrinology | study of endocrine glands
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| gastroenterology | study of stomach and small intestines
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| gynecology | study of women and women's diseases
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| hematology | study of blood
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| neurology | study of nerves, brain and spinal chord
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| oncology | study of tumors (cancerous and malignant diseases)
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| opthalmology | study of the eye
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| pathology | study of disease
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| psychology | study of the mind and mental dissorders
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| rheumatology | study of joint diseases
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