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PCOM Medical Term
Chapter 1 Roots & Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aden/o | Gland |
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Bi/o | Life |
| Carcin/o | Cancerous, cancer |
| Cardio | Heart |
| Cephal/o | Head |
| Cerebr/o | Cerebrum(Largest Part of the brain) |
| Cis/o | Cut |
| Crin/o | to secrete (to form and give off) |
| Cyst/o | urinary bladder;a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid) |
| Cyt/o | cell |
| Derm/o | Skin |
| Electr/o | Electricity |
| Encephal/o | Brain |
| Enter/o | Intestines (usually the small intestine) |
| Erythr/o | red |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Gnos/o | Knowledge |
| Gynec/o | woman, female |
| Hemat/o or Hem/o | blood |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| Iatr/o | treatment |
| Leuk/o | white |
| Nephr/o | Kidney |
| Neur/o | nerve |
| Onc/o | tumor |
| Ophthalm/o | eye |
| Oste/o | Bone |
| Path/o | Disease |
| Ped/o | Child |
| Psych/o | mind |
| Radi/o | x-rays |
| Ren/o | Kidney |
| Rhin/o | nose |
| Sarc/o | Flesh |
| Sect/o | to cut |
| Thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| Ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
| -ac | pertaining to...cardiac |
| -al | pertaining to...neural |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by; or produced in |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ic, -ical | pertaining to...gastric or neurological |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | process of study |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -scope | intrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining with an endoscope |
| -sis | state of; condition |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| -y | process, condition |