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MED TERM CHAP 6
WORD PARTS, PREFIXES, AND SUFFIXES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ADEN/O | GLAND |
| ADENOID/O | ADENOIDS |
| ANGI/O | BLOOD OR LYMPH VESSEL |
| AUT/O | SELF |
| AXILL/O | ARMPIT |
| BACTERI/O | BACTERIA |
| BLAST/O | EMBRYONIC, IMMATURE |
| CARCIN/O | CANCEROUS |
| CERVIC/O | NECK |
| CHROM/O | COLOR |
| CYT/O | CELL |
| IMMUN/O | IMMUNE, PROTECTION, SAFE |
| INGUIN/O | GROIN |
| LEUK/O | WHITE |
| LYMPH/O | LYMPH, LYMPHATIC TISSUE |
| LYMPHADEN/O | LYMPH GLAND |
| MORPH/O | SHAPE, FORM |
| NEUTR/O | NEITHER, NEUTRAL |
| ONC/O | TUMOR |
| PHAG/O | EAT, SWALLOW |
| SARC/O | FLESH, CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
| SPLEN/O | SPLEEN |
| THYM/O | THYMUS GLAND |
| TONSILL/O | TONSIL, THROAT |
| TOX/O, TOXIC/O | POISON, POISONOUS |
| AL | NO, NOT, WITHOUT |
| ANTI | AGAINST |
| BI | TWICE, DOUBLE, TWO |
| BIO | LIFE |
| DE | DOWN, LACK OF, FROM, NOT, REMOVAL |
| DIS | NEGATIVE, APART, ABSENCE OF |
| EPI | ABOVE, UPON, ON |
| HYPER | EXCESSIVE, DECREASED |
| HYPO | DEFICIENT, DECREASED |
| INTRA | WITHIN, INSIDE |
| MACRO | LARGE, ABNORMAL SIZE OR LENGTH, LONG |
| META | CHANGE, BEYOND, SUBSEQUENT TO, BEHIND, AFTER, NEXT |
| NEO | NEW, STRANGE |
| PER | EXCESSIVE, THROUGH |
| PRE | BEFORE, INFRONT OF |
| SUB | UNDER, LESS, BELOW |
| AL | PRETAINING TO |
| ARY | PRETAINING TO |
| CIDE | CAUSING DEATH |
| CYTE | CELL |
| ECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL, CUTTING OUT, EXCISION |
| EDEMA | SWELLING |
| GENISIS | CREATION, REPRODUCTION |
| GRAM | A PICTURE OR RECORD |
| IC | PRETAINING TO |
| ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| LYTIC | TO REDUCE, DESTROY |
| MALACIA | ABNORMAL SOFTENING |
| MEGALY | ABNORMAL ENLARGEMENT |
| OLOGIST | SPECIALIST |
| OLOGY | THE SCIENCE OR STUDY OF |
| OMA | TUMOR, NEOPLASM |
| PATHY | DISEASE, SUFFERING, FEELING, EMOTION |
| PENIA | DEFICIENCY, LACK, TOO FEW |
| PHAGE | A CELL THAT DESTROYS, EAT, SWALLOW |
| PLASM | FORMATIVE MATERIAL OF CELLS, FORMATION |
| RRHAGIA | BLEEDING, ABNORMAL EXCESSIVE FLUID DISCHARGE |
| STASIS | CONTROL, MAINTENANCE OF A CONSTANT LEVEL |
| TIC | PRETAINING TO |