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Med Term Chap 4
Prefix, suffix and combining forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Symptoms | Evidence of illness |
| Diagnoses | Names of condition or disease |
| -algia, -odynia | pain |
| -cele | pouching or hernia |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | pertaining to organ |
| -ia, -ism | condition of |
| -iasis | formation or presence of |
| -ic, -tic, | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -logy | study of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | condition of abnormal impulse toward or frenzy |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition or increase |
| -penia | abnormal reduction |
| -phobia | condition of abnormal fear or sensitivity |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | falling or downward displacement |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | to burst forth (usually blood) |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -stasis | stop or stand |
| -y | condition of process of |
| a-, an- | without |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two or both |
| brady- | slow |
| de- | from, down, or not |
| dia- | across or through |
| dys- | painful, difficult, or faulty |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | upon |
| eu- | normal |
| hyper- | above or excessive |
| hypo- | below or deficient |
| macro- | large |
| meta- | beyond, after, or change |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| ortho- | straight, normal, or correct |
| poly- | many |
| tachy- | fast |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cephal/o | head |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| my/o | muscle |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| cyst/o | bladder or sac |
| hydr/o | water |
| rect/o | rectum |
| varic/o | swollen, twisted vein |
| cardi/o | heart |
| dips/o | thirst |
| phag/o | eat or swallow |
| phas/o | speech |
| phren/o | diaphragm, mind |
| pneumon/o | air or lung |
| psych/o | mind |
| schiz/o | split |
| thym/o | thymus gland or mind |
| ur/o | urine |
| glyc/o | suger (glucose) |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| bronch/o | bronchus (airway) |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| dermat/o | skin |
| hepat/o | liver |
| metr/o, metri/o, uter/o | uterus |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| pharyng/o | pharynx or throat |
| phleb/o, vein/o | vein |
| salping/o | uterine or fallopian tube |
| tonsil/o | tonsil |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| necro/o | death |
| acr/o | extremity or topmost |
| megal/o | large |
| splen/o | spleen |
| ather/o | fatty, or lipid, paste |
| arteri/o | artery |
| cyt/o | cell |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| kyph/o | humpbacked |
| lord/o | bent |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| scoli/o | twisted |
| scler/o | hard |
| sten/o | narrow |
| vertebr/o, spnondyl/o | vertebra |
| chol/e | bile |
| lith/o | stone |
| narc/o | stupor or sleep |
| aden/o | gland |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| melan/o | black |
| onc/o | tumer |
| plas/o | formation |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| erthri/o | red |
| phot/o | light |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| hemi/o | half |
| para- | alongside of or abnormal |
| quadri- | four |
| men/o | month (menstruation) |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| cerebr/o | largest part of the brain |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| throid/o | thyroid gland (shield) |
| lymph/o | clear fluid |
| path/o | disease |
| troph/o | nourishment or development |
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