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ML 2
ML 2 - Body in Health and Disease - prefixes, combining forms, and suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| dors/o | back, dorsum |
| a- | without |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| -able | able to be |
| -ad | towards; in the direction of |
| -al | pertaining to |
| ambulat/o | walking |
| ana- | apart from; excessive |
| ancill/o | servant; accessory |
| anter/o | before; front part |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -atic | pertaining to |
| -ation | a process; being or having |
| -ative | pertaining to |
| -atory | pertaining to |
| auscult/o | listening |
| cardi/o | heart |
| caud/o | tail bone; lower part of body |
| cav/o | hollow space |
| cephal/o | head |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| communic/o | impart; transmit |
| congenit/o | present at birth |
| coron/o | encircling structure |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| -crine | a thing that secretes |
| crin/o | secrete |
| de- | reversal of; without |
| dent/o | teeth |
| dermat/o | skin |
| dia- | complete, completely through |
| dietet/o | foods, diet |
| dist/o | away from center or point of origin |
| -drome | a running |
| endo- | innermost, within |
| enter/o | intestine |
| -eon | one who performs |
| epi- | upon, above |
| -ery | process of |
| eti/o | cause of disease |
| exacerb/o | increase; provoke |
| extern/o | outside |
| fract/o | break up |
| front/o | front |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| -gen | that which produces |
| gener/o | production, creation |
| gen/o | arising from; produced by |
| ger/o | old age |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | female, woman |
| habilitat/o | to give ability |
| hemat/o | blood |
| heredit/o | genetic inheritance |
| horizont/o | boundary between the earth and sky |
| hypo- | below; deficient |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| iatr/o | physician; medical treatment |
| -iatry | medical treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ician | skilled professional or expert |
| -ics | knowledge, practice |
| idi/o | unknown; individual |
| immun/o | immune response |
| infect/o | disease within |
| infer/o | below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| inspect/o | looking at |
| integument/o | skin |
| intern/o | inside |
| intestin/o | intestine |
| -ion | action; condition |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ious | pertaining to |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -istry | process related to the specialty of |
| -ity | state; condition |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| later/o | side |
| log/o | word; the study of |
| -logy | the study of |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| lymph/o | lymph; lymphatic system |
| macr/o | large |
| medi/o | middle |
| medic/o | physician; medicine |
| micr/o | small |
| mid- | middle |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| nat/o | birth |
| ne/o | new |
| neur/o | nerve |
| nerv/o | nerve |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| nutri/o | nourishment |
| obstetr/o | pregnancy and childbirth |
| onc/o | tumor, mass |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| orth/o | straight |
| -ory | having the function of |
| -osis | condition; abnormal condition; process |
| ot/o | ear |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| palliat/o | reduce the severity of |
| palpat/o | touching, feeling |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| percuss/o | tapping |
| pharmac/o | medicine, drug |
| physi/o | physical function |
| plas/o | growth, formation |
| poster/o | back part |
| prevent/o | prevent |
| pro- | before |
| product/o | produce |
| proxim/o | near the center or point of origin |
| psych/o | mind |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| radi/o | radius; x-rays; radiation |
| re- | again and again; backward, unable to |
| recuper/o | recover |
| remiss/o | send away |
| sagitt/o | going from front to back |
| -scope | instrument used to examine |
| scop/o | examine with an instrument |
| skelet/o | skeleton |
| spin/o | spine, backbone |
| spir/o | breathe |
| steth/o | chest |
| superfici/o | on or near the surface |
| super/o | above |
| surg/o | operative procedure |
| symptomat/o | collection of symptoms |
| syn- | together |
| techn/o | technical skill |
| termin/o | end; boundary |
| therapeut/o | treatment |
| therap/o | treatment |
| thorac/o | thorax (chest) |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tion | a process; being or having |
| tom/o | cut, slice, or layer |
| -tomy | process of cutting or making incision |
| trans- | across, through |
| umbilic/o | umbilicus, navel |
| urin/o | urine |
| ur/o | urine |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| ventr/o | front; abdomen |
| -verse | to travel; to turn |