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Chapter 1
Word Parts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ab- | away from |
| norm | rule (root) |
| -al | pertaining to |
| adhes | stuck to (root) |
| -ion | process |
| anti- | against |
| pyret | fever (root) |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| sept | putrefaction (root) |
| tuss | cough (root) |
| -ive | nature of, quality of |
| a- | without |
| -sepsis | decay |
| auto- | self |
| nom | law (root) |
| -y | condition |
| axill | armpit (root) |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| bi(o) | life (root) |
| -opsy | to view |
| cac- | bad |
| -hexia | condition |
| centi- | 100 or hundredth |
| -grade | a step |
| -meter | measure |
| centr/i | center (root) |
| -fuge | to flee |
| chem/o | chemical |
| -therapy | treatment |
| dia- | through |
| -gnosis | knowledge |
| -phoresis | to carry |
| dis- | apart |
| infect | to infect (root) |
| -ant | forming |
| epi- | upon |
| dem | people (root) |
| eti/o | cause (root) |
| -logy | study of |
| ex- | out |
| cis | to cut (root) |
| -ion | process |
| hetero- | different |
| gene | formation, produce (root) |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| in- | in, into |
| kil/o | thousand (root) |
| -gram | a weight |
| macr/o | large (root) |
| scop | to examine (root) |
| mal- | bad |
| format | a shaping (root) |
| malign | bad kind (root) |
| -ant | forming |
| maxim | greatest (root) |
| -al | pertaining to |
| micro- | small |
| organ | organ (root) |
| -ism | condition |
| milli- | thousandth |
| -liter | liter |
| minim | least (root) |
| multi- | many much |
| -form | shape |
| necr | death (root) |
| -osis | condition |
| neo- | new |
| -pathy | disease |
| onc/o | tumor |
| palm | palm (root) |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| para- | beside |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| pro- | before |
| prophylact | guarding (root) |
| pyr/o | heat, fire (root) |
| -genic | formation, produce |
| radi/o | ray, x-ray (root) |
| syn- | together, with |
| -drome | that which runs together |
| therm/o | hot, heat (root) |
| -meter | to measure |
| top/o | place |
| -graphy | recording |