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Lesson 3
Using prefixes, suffixes, and combining form to write terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alb/o- | white |
| albin/o- | white |
| leuc/o- | white |
| leuk/o- | white |
| chlor/o- | green |
| cyan/o- | blue |
| erythr/o- | red |
| melan/o- | black |
| xanth/o- | yellow |
| carcin/o- | cancer |
| cephal/o- | head |
| dips/o- | thirst |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| electr/o- | electricity |
| esthesi/o- | perception, feeling or sensation |
| gen/o- | beginning; origin, |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -genesis | producing or forming |
| geront/o- | aged or elderly |
| ger/o- | aged or elderly |
| glyc/o- | sugar |
| gram/o- | to record |
| -gram | a record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| hist/o- | tissue |
| kinesi/o- | movement, motion |
| -kinesia | movement, motion |
| -kenesis | movement, motion |
| leps/o- | seizure |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| log/o- | knowledge, words, |
| -logist | one who studies specialist |
| -logy | study or science of |
| lip/o- | fat |
| lith/o- | stones |
| lys/o- | destruction, dissolving |
| -lysin | that which destroys |
| -lysis | process of destroying |
| -lytic | capable of destroying |
| malac/o- | soft, softening |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| megal/o- | large, enlarged |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| metr/o- | measure, uterine tissue |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| narc/o- | sleep |
| ne/o- | new |
| necr/o- | dead or death |
| onco- | tumor |
| -oma | tumor |
| path/o- | disease |
| -pathy | disease |
| phag/o- | eat, ingest |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phagic | eating, swallowing |
| -phagy | eating, swallowing |
| phas/o- | speech |
| -phasia | speech |
| phot/o- | light |
| -plasia | formation |
| pleg/o- | paralysis |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| py/o- | pus |
| pyr/o- | fire |
| schis/o- | split,cleft |
| schiz/o- | split, cleft |
| schist/o- | split, cleft |
| -schisis | split, cleft |
| scler/o- | hard, |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| scop/o- | to examine, to view |
| -scope | instrument used for viewing |
| -scopy | process of examining visually |
| troph/o- | nutrition |
| -trophic | nutrition |
| -trophy | nutrition |
| aer/o- | air |
| blast/o- | embryonic |
| cry/o- | cold |
| crypt/o- | hidden |
| fibr/o- | fiber |
| myc/o- | fungus |
| optic/o- | vision |
| opt/o- | vision |
| orth/o- | straight, straighten |
| pharmac/o- | drugs, medicine |
| phon/o- | voice |
| therm/o- | heat |
| top/o- | position, place |
| nulli- | none |
| primi- | first |
| mono- | one |
| uni- | one |
| bi- | two |
| di- | two |
| tri- | three |
| quad- | four |
| quadri- | four |
| tetra- | four |
| hemi- | half, partly |
| semi- | half, partly |
| multi- | many |
| poly- | many |
| hyper- | excessive, more than normal |
| hypo- | beneath or below normal |
| macro- | large |
| micro | small |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ante- | before |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before |
| dia- | through |
| ecto- | out, without, away |
| ex- | out, without, away |
| exo- | out, without, away |
| epi- | above, on |
| en- (em- sometimes used) | inside |
| hypo- | beneath, under |
| sub- | beneath, under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| meso- | middle |
| peri- | around |
| post- | after or behind |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| super- | above, beyond |
| supra- | above, beyond |
| a- | no, not, without |
| an- | no, not, without |
| anti- | against |
| contra- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad, difficult |
| eu- | good, normal |
| in- | not, within, in, or into |
| mal- | bad |
| para- | near, beside or abnormal |
| per- | through or dry |
| tachy- | fast |
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