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Med Conditions2
practice for medical conditions prefixes & suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acanth/o | throny; spiny |
| acr/o | extremities |
| acu/o | sharp |
| aden/o | gland |
| albumin/o | protein |
| algesi/0 | pain, excessive sensitivity to |
| andr/o | male |
| acanth/o | thorny, spiky |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ankyl/o | crooked/bent/stiff |
| aponeur/o | aponeurosis (type of tendon) |
| articul/o | incomplete |
| atel/o | yellowish plague; fatty substance, paste |
| aur/i | ear |
| aur/o | armpit |
| axill/o | bacteria |
| bol/o | arm |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel bone) |
| caud/o | tail; lower part of body |
| caus/o | burn |
| cauter/o | belly; abdomen |
| celi/o | head |
| chorndr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| chym/o | to pour |
| cib/o | meals |
| cine/o | movement |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| cis-o | cut |
| core/o | pupil |
| corti/o | cortex |
| cost/o | ribs |
| cras/o | disease; mixture |
| crin/o | secrete |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dactyl/o | fingers or toes |
| diaphor/o | sweat |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dist/o | far |
| duct/o | carry; to lead |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| ech/o | sound |
| emmetr/o | in due measure |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| erg/o | work |
| erythem/o | flushed; redness |
| erythro/o | red |
| estesi/o | feeling (nervous sensation) |
| ethm/o | sieve |
| fic/o | to make; do |
| gen/o | producing; beginning |
| glauco/o | gray |
| gli/o | glue; neurological tissue |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gravid/o | pregnancy |
| hemo | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hist/o | tissue |
| home/o | sameness; unchanging; constant |
| hypno | sleep |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| ichthy/o | dry, scaly |
| is/o | individual; own; self |
| inguin/o | groin |
| is/o | same; equal |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebral arch) |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall; abdomen |
| later/o | side |
| lept/o | thin/slender |
| lex/l | speech; word |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lord/o | swayback; curve |
| malleol/o | malleolus |
| mast/o | breast |
| maxill/o | upper jaw; upper jaw bone |
| medi/o | middle |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| medull/o | medulla; middle; soft |
| men/o | menses; menstruation |
| mento/o | mind |
| mi/o | small; less than |
| mut/a | mutation; genetic change |
| mutagen/o | causing genetic change |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord; bone marrow |
| myom/o | muscle tumor |
| myos/o | muscle |
| narc/o | numbness stupor |
| nat/l | birth |
| necro | death |
| nephro | kidney |
| neuro | nerve |
| normo | rule; order normal |
| ocul/o | eye |
| con/o | mass; tumor |
| opac/o | dark; impervious to light rays |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| or/o | mouth |
| orth/o | straight |
| ot/o | ear |
| pachy/o | thick; heavy |
| papill/o | nipple-like; finger like |
| path/o | disease |
| perone/o | fibula |
| phag/o | eat; swallow |
| phas/o | speech |
| phil/o | like; love; attracttion to |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phot/o | light |
| phren/p | diagram; mind |
| physi/o | nature |
| plas/o | development; formation |
| ple/o | more; many |
| plex/o | plexus; nerve network |
| pod/o | foot |
| pont/o | pons; part of the brain |
| presby/o | old |
| proct/o | anus & rectum |
| proto | first |
| prote/o | first; protein |
| pseudo | false; not true |
| pub/o | pubis (part of the hip) |
| rachio | spinal column; vertebrae |
| radiculo | nerve root |
| reticulo | network |
| roetngeno | x-rays |
| sarco | flash (connective tissue) |
| ton/o | tension |
| top/o | place position location |
| tympano/o | eardrum; middle ear |
| uln/o | ulna (medical lower arm bones) |
| urni/o | urine |
| ventro/o | belly side of body |
| ventricul/o | ventricle of the brain or heart |
| venul/o | venule; small vein |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| vit/a | life |
| vit/o | life |
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