click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
UCF HSC3537 CH 2-4
With Alice Noblin
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adip/o | fat |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| anter/o | front |
| bol/o | to cast (throw) |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| chrom/o | color |
| chornd/o | cartilage |
| cervic/o | neck (of the body or uterus) |
| cyt/o | cell |
| crani/o | skull |
| dist/o | far, distant |
| dors/o | back portion of the body |
| hist/o | tissue |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| ili/o | ilium (of the pelvic bone) |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| spin/o | spine, backbone |
| thel/o | nipple |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
| ventr/o | belly side of the body |
| vertebro | vertebra(e), backbone(s) |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| ana- | up |
| cata- | down |
| epi- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| inter- | between |
| meta- | change |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | process, condition |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -plasm | formation |
| -somes | bodies |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -cyte | cell |
| -coccus | berry-shaped bacterium |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument of recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, & separation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
| -opsy | to view (under a microscope) |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | formation, growth, development |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
| -therapy | treament |
| -tomy | incision, cutting into |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by or in |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -ole | little, small |
| -ule | little, small |
| -ist | specialist |
| -ia | condition |
| -er | one who |
| -um | structure, tissue |
| -ium | structure, tissue |
| -y | condition, process |
| -us | substance, structure |
| uni- | one |
| ultra- | beyond, excel |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across, through |
| syn- | together, with |
| sym- | together, with |
| supra- | above, upper |
| sub- | under |
| retro- | behind, backwards |
| re- | back, again |
| pseudo- | false |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding |
| pro- | before, forward |
| post- | after, behind |
| poly- | many, much |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| para- | abnormal, beside, near |
| mal- | bad |
| meta- | beyond, change |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| in- | not, into, or within |
| infra- | beneath |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | into, within |
| macro- | large |
| epi- | upon, on, above |
| eu- | good, normal |
| ex- | out, away from |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | deficient, under |
| contrra- | against, opposite |
| de- | down, lack of |
| dia- | through, complete |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| ec- | out, outside |
| ecto- | out, outside |
| en- | in, within |
| endo- | in, within |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self, own |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| cata- | down |
| con- | with, together |
| a- | no, not, without |
| an- | no, not, without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ana- | up, apart |
| ante- | before, forward |
| cranial | brain |
| thoracic | lungs & heart |
| abdominal | stomach, small and large intestines, spleen, pancreas |
| spinal | nerves of the spinal cord |
| pelvic | portions of the small and large intestines, bladder, rectum |