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CHAPTER 1 - 4
Prefix, Sufix, Combining Forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| immun/o | immune, immunity, safe |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| oste/o | bone |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| an- | without, not |
| hyper- | above normal, excessive |
| intra- | in, within |
| para- | near, beside, beyond |
| poly- | many, much |
| pre- | before |
| post- | after |
| -ia | condition |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| esthes | feeling |
| therm | heat |
| muscul | muscle |
| nas | nose |
| ur | urine |
| nat | birth |
| enter/ | intestine |
| hepat/o | liver |
| -cyte | cell |
| arthr/o | joint |
| chondr/o | cartliage |
| spleen/o | spleen |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ot/o | ear |
| dermat/o | skin |
| hydr/o | water |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -dynia | pain |
| -logy | study of |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -clasis | to break, surgical fracture |
| -desis | binding, fixation (of bone or joint) |
| -ectomy | removal, excision |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, lossening |
| -pexy | fixation of an organ |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| my/o | muscle |
| rhin/o | nose |
| mast/o | breast |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| append | appendix |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -gram | record, writting |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument for measuing |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | forming, producing, origin |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -iasis | abnormal condition )produced by something specified) |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -malacia | softening |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase (used primarily w/blood cells) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| -plasm | growth of tissue |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -toxic | poison |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -esis | condition |
| -ia | condition |
| -ism | condition |
| -iatry | medicine, treatment |
| -ician | specialist |
| -ist | specialist |
| -y | condition, process |
| -icle | small, minute |
| -ole | small, minute |
| -ule | small, minute |
| cyt/o | cell |
| hist/o | tissue |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| anter/o | anterior, front |
| caud/o | tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| dist/o | far, farthest |
| dors/o | back of body |
| infer/o | lower, below |
| later/o | side, to one side |
| medi/o | middle |
| poster.o | back (of body), behind, posterior |
| proxim/o | near, nearest |
| ventr/o | belly, belly side |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| ili/o | ilium (lateral) flaring portion of the hip bone |
| inguin/o | groin |
| lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| spin/o | spine |
| thorac/o | chest |
| umbilic/o | umbilicus navel |
| albin/o | white |
| leuk/o | white |
| chlor/o | green |
| chrom/o | color |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| cyan/o | blue |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord) |
| acr/o | extremity |
| eti/o | cause |
| idi/o | unkown, peculiar |
| morph/o | form, shape, structure |
| path/o | disease |
| radi/o | radiation, xray, radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) |
| somat/o | body |
| son/o | sound |
| tom/o | to cut |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| xer/o | dry |
| -gnosis | knowing |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| ab- | from, away from |
| ad- | toward |
| hetero- | different |
| homeo- | same, alike |
| infra- | below under |
| peri- | around |
| super- | upper, above |
| trans- | across, throught |
| ultra- | excess, beyond |
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