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Stack #141302
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sub | below, under |
| Trans | across, trough |
| retro | behind |
| aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| bi | two |
| hemi | half |
| carcin/o | caner, cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum, the largest part of the brain |
| cyst/o | urinary baldder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines (often the small intestine) |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hemat/o , hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| path/o | disease |
| oste/o | bone |
| psych/o | mind |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| thromb/o | clotting |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cel |
| -ectomy | removal or excision |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protine |
| -gram | record |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition process |
| -itis | infalmmation |
| -logist | specialist in the |
| -logy | study of |
| -oma | tumor,mass |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -scope | instrumant to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visul examination |
| -sis | state of |
| -tomy | process of cutting into; incision |
| a- ,an- | no not |
| aut- | self |
| dia- | complete through |
| dys- | bad painful abnormal difficult |
| endo- | within |
| exo- | outside |
| hyper- | excessive, more than normal |
| hypo- | below, less than |
| pro- | before |
| re- | back |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| anter/o | front |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube leading from the windpipe to the lungs |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone |
| craini/o | skull |
| epitheli/o | skin, surface tissue |
| esophag/o | esophagus tube from throat to stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| laryng/o | voice box |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | loin/ waist |
| lymph/o | clear fluid n tissue space and lymph vessels |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum space between lungs |
| pelv/o | hip bones |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pharyng/o | pharynx/ throat |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| poster/o | back behind |
| sacr/o | sacrum five fused bones in the lower back |
| spin/o | spine |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| vertebr/o | vertebra (backbone) |
| -ectomy | removal resection excision |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -lysis | separation breaking destruction |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -stomy | opening |