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Quick & EasyMT Ch 2
Quick and Easy MT Ch 2 Writing Terms with Suffixes and Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -er | one who |
| -ist | one who |
| -iatrician | practitioner |
| -logist | one who studies, specialist |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -logic | pertaining to |
| -logical | pertaining to |
| -iatrics | medical profession or treatment |
| -iatry | medical profession or treatment |
| -logy | study or science of |
| cardi/o | heart |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| dermat/o | skin |
| esthesi/o | feeling or sensation |
| gastro/o | stomach |
| enter/o | intestines, small intestine |
| ger/a | elderly |
| ger/o | elderly |
| geront/o | elderly |
| gynec/o | female |
| immun/o | immune |
| ne/o | new |
| nat/o | birth |
| neur/o | nerve |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| orth/o | straight |
| ped/o | child, sometimes foot |
| ot/o | ear |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| path/o | disease |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | radiation (sometimes radius) |
| rheumat/o | rheumatism |
| rhin/o | nose |
| ur/o | urinary tract (sometimes urine) |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid |
| -ectomy | excision - surgical removal or cutting out |
| -lysis | process of loosening, freeing, or destroying |
| -pexy | surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position) |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture (uniting a wound by stitches) |
| -scopy | visual examination with a lighted instrument |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| -tome | an instrument used for cutting |
| -tomy | incision (cutting into tissue) |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| aden/o | gland |
| angi/o | vessel |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| bi/o | life or living |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| encephal/o | brain |
| chir/o | hand |
| col/o | colon (or large intestine) |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/a | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| faci/o | face |
| hepat/o | liver |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| oste/o | bone |
| pulm/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| pneum/o | lungs, sometimes air or gas |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| vas/o | vessel |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -ectasia | dilation or stretching of a structure or part |
| -ectasis | dilation or stretching of a structure or part |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | condition of the blood |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone or calculus |
| -malacia | soft, softening |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -ptosis | prolapse (sagging) |
| -rrhage | excessive bleeding (hemorrhage) |
| -rrhagia | excessive bleeding (hemorrhage) |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | twitching, cramp |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -able | capable or, able to |
| -ible | capable or, able to |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -eum | membrane |
| -ium | membrane |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -opia | vision |
| -ose | sugar |
| -ous | pertaining to or characterized by |
| -y | state or condition |
| amyl/o | starch |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| hemat/o | blood |
| lact/o | milk |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| micro- | small |
| muc/o | mucus |
| prote/o | protein |
| protein/o | protein |
| pyr/o | fire |
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