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LOM Chapter 3
Combining forms, suffixes
| combining form, suffixes | meaning |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities, top extreme point |
| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| aden/o | gland |
| agor/a | marketplace |
| amni/o | aminion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs) |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| encephal/o | brain |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen, adominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| lymph/o | lymph. Lymph is clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces and its contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body |
| mamm/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow (contest of uysage indicates which meaning is intended) |
| my/o | muscle |
| necr/o | death (of cells or whole body) |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| neutr/o | neutrophil (a white blood cell) |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plas/o | formation |
| pleur/o | pleura (surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall muscles |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| ven/o | vein |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus | berry-shaped bacterium (plural bacteria) |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, removal, resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by or in |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -itis | inflammatin |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, saparation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument |
| -scopy | process of examination |
| --stasis | stopping, controlling |
| --stomy | opening to form a mouth |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision, to cut |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -er | one who |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -ole | little, small |
| -ule | little, small |
| -un, ium | structure, tissue, thing |
| -y | condition, process |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
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