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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| per- | through |
| trans- | through, across, beyond |
| -coccus | berry shaped (form of bacterium) |
| -ia | diseased or abnormal state, condition of |
| rhytid/o | wrinkles |
| staphyl/o | grapelike clusters |
| xer/o | dry, dryness |
| seb/o | sebum oil |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| epi- | on, upon, over |
| para- | beside, beyond, around, abnormal |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ectomy | excision or surgical removal |
| sub- | under, below |
| -a | noun suffix, no meaning |
| intra- | within |
| cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
| heter/o | other |
| kerat/o | horny tissue |
| necr/o | death (cells, body) |
| pachy/o | thick |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| coni/o | dust |
| aut/o | self |
| bi/o | life |
| uni- | one |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ad | toward |
| bi- | two |
| aden/o | gland |
| epitheli/o | epithelium |
| chlor/o | green |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| cyt/o | cell |
| chrom/o | color |
| cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer |
| -pathy | disease |
| -oma | tumor, swelling |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -logist | one who studies and treats |
| -logy | study of |
| -oid | resembling |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -plasia | condition of formation, development, growth |
| meta- | after, beyond, change |
| pro- | before |
| -cyte | cell |
| -genic | producing, origination, causing |
| -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| hypo- | below, incomplete, deficient, under |
| neo- | new |
| -al, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
| sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
| system/o | system |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| dia- | through, complete |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| somat/o | body |
| melan/o | black |
| neur/o | nerve |
| organ/o | organ |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped, striated |
| path/o | disease |
| onc/o | tumor, mass |
| my/o | muscle |
| lip/o | fat |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| hist/o | tissue |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| leuk/o | white |
| eti/o | cause (of disease) |
| gno/o | knowledge |
| iatr/o | physician, medicine (also means treatment) |
| lei/o | smooth |
| albumin/o | albumin |
| olig/o | scanty, few |
| -iasia, -esis | condition |
| noct/i | night |
| hydr/o | water |
| glyc/o, glycos.o | sugar |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| urin/o, ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| -stenosis | constriction or narrowing |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| azot/o | urea, nitrogen |
| blast/o | developing cell, germ cell |
| meat/o | meatus (opening) |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
| cyct/o, vesic/o | bladder, sac |
| lith/o | stone |
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
| -stomy | creation of an artificial opening |
| -tomy | cut into, incision |
| -thorax | chest, chest cavity |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| -uria | urine, urination |
| -rrhaphy | suturing, repairing |
| -lysis | loosening, dissolution, separating |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| andr/o | male |
| infer/o | below |
| medi/o | middle |
| proxim/o | near the point of attachment of a body part |
| ventr/o | belly (front) |
| dors/o | back |
| later/o | side |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| super/o | above |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -stasis | control, stop, standing |
| caud/o | tail (downward) |
| dist/o | away from the point of attachment of a body part |
| -plasma | growth, substance, formation |
| -sis | state of |
| anter/o | front |
| cephal/o | head (upward) |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia or protusion |
| -ectasis | stretching out, dilation, expansion |
| -gram | the record, radio-graphic image |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| -ar, -ary, -eal | pertaining to |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid with a sterile needle |
| -emia | in the blood |
| -graph | instrument used to record, the record |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| -rrhagia | rapid flow of blood, excessive bleeding |
| -graphy | process of recording, radio-graphic imaging |
| -salpinx | uterine tube (fallopian tube) |
| peri- | surrounding (outer) |
| perine/o | perineum |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| -cleisis | surgical closure |
| salping/o | uterine tube (fallopian tube) |
| pelv/i | pelvis, pelvic bones, pelvic cavity |
| arche/o | first, beginning |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle(s) |
| sperm/o, spermat/o | sperm, spermatozoon |
| orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o | testis, testicle |
| men/o | menstration |
| hyster/o, metr/o | uterus |
| gynec/o, gyn/o | woman |
| endometri/o | endometrium |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| hymen/o | hymen |
| episi/o, vulv/o | vulva |
| colp/o, vagin/o | vagina |
| cervic/o, trachel/o | cervix |
| -ism | state of |
| vas/o | vessel, duct |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -opsy | view of, viewing |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -phagia | eating or swallowing |
| -malacia | softening |
| lob/o | lobe |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| diaphragmat/o, phren/o | diaphragm |
| bronchi/o, bronch/o | bronchus |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| atel/o | imperfect, incomplete |
| pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o | lung, air |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| ox/i | oxygen |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| orth/o | straight |
| muc/o | mucus |
| spir/o | breathe, breathing |
| somn/o | sleep |
| sept/o | septum |
| py/o | pus |
| son/o | sound |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| radi/o | x-rays, ionizing radiation |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| poly- | many, much |
| endo- | within |
| trache/o | trachea |
| tom/o | to cut, section, or slice |
| eu- | normal, good |
| a-, an- | absence of, without |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| thorac/o | thorax, chest, chest cavity |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -metry | measurment |
Created by:
Jeremyjeske
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