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MED TERM CHAP 13
WORD PARTS, PREFIXES, AND SUFFIXES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ACR/O | EXTREMITIES (HANDS & FEEET), TOP, EXTREME POINT |
| ADEN/O | GLAND |
| ADREN/O | ADRENAL GLANDS |
| ADR/O | RELATIONSHIP TO THE MALE |
| CALC/I | CALCIUM |
| CRIN/O | SECRETE |
| ENDOCRIN/O | SECRETE WITHIN |
| ESTR/O | FEMALE |
| GLUC/O | GLUCOSE, SUGAR |
| GLYC/O, GLYCOS/O | GLUCOSE, SUGAR |
| GONAD/O | GONAD, SEX GLANDS |
| INSULIN/O | INSULIN |
| KAL/I | POTASSIUM |
| LIP/O | FAT, LIPID |
| MAST/O | BREAST |
| MELAN/O | BLACK, DARK |
| NATR/O | SODIUM |
| O/O | EGG |
| PANCREAT/O | PANCREAS |
| PARATHYROID/O | PARATHYROID GLANDS |
| PHAG/O | EAT, SWALLOW |
| PINEAL/O | PINEAL GLAND |
| PITUIT/O, PITUITAR/O | PITUITARY GLAND |
| SOMAT/O | BODY |
| TAX/O | COORDINATION, ORDER |
| THYM/O | THYMUS GLAND, SOUL |
| THYR/O, THYROID/O | THYROID GLAND |
| A | NO, NOT, WITHOUT |
| AN | NO, NOT, WITHOUT |
| ANTI | AGAINST |
| BI | TWICE, DOUBLE, TWO |
| DE | DOWN, LACK OF, FROM, NOT, REMOVAL |
| DYS | BAD, DIFFICULT, PAINFUL |
| ENDO | IN, WITHIN, INSIDE |
| HYPER | EXCESSIVE, INCREASED |
| HYPO | DEFICIENT, DECREASED |
| PER | EXCESSIVE, THROUGH |
| POLY | MANY |
| PRE | BEFORE, IN FRONT OF |
| SUB | UNDER, LESS, BELOW |
| AL | PRETAINING TO |
| ALGIA | PAIN, PAINFUL CONDITION |
| DISPIA | THIRST |
| ECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL, CUTTING OUT, EXCISION |
| EMIA | BLOOD, BLOOD CONDITION |
| GENESIS | CREATION, REPRODUCTION |
| IA | ABNORMAL CONDITION, DISEASE |
| IC | PERTAINING TO |
| ISM | CONDITION, STATE OF |
| ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| LYSIS | BREAKDOWN, SEPARATION, SETTING FREE, DESTRUCTION, LOOSENING |
| MEGALY | ENLARGEMENT |
| OLOGIST | SPECIALIST |
| OLOGY | SCIENCE OR STUDY OF |
| OMA | TUMOR, NEOPLASM |
| OTOMY | SURGICAL INCISION, CUTTING |
| PATHY | DISEASE, SUFFERING, FEELING, EMOTION |
| TROPHY | DEVELOPMENT, NOURISHMENT |
| TROPIN | TO STIMULATE, ACT ON |
| URIA | URINE, URINATION |