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MED TERM CHAP 12
WORD PARTS, SUFFIXES AND PREFIXES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ADIP/O | FAT |
| ALBIN/O | WHITE |
| ALOPEC/O | BALDNESS, MANGY |
| BI/O | LIFE |
| BLEPHAR/O | EYELID |
| CHROM/O, CHROMAT/O | COLOR |
| CRYPT/O | HIDDEN |
| CUTANE/O | SKIN |
| CYAN/O | BLUE |
| DERMAT/O, DERM/O | SKIN |
| EPITHEL/I, EPITHELI/O | EPITHELIUM |
| ERYTHR/O | RED |
| GRANUL/O | GRANULE(S) |
| HIDR/O | SWEAT |
| HIRSUT/O | HAIRY, ROUGH |
| ICHTHY/O | DRY, SCALY |
| KERAT/O | HORNY, HARD, CORNEA |
| KOIL/O | HOLLOW, CONCAVE |
| LIP/O | FAT, LIPID |
| MELAN/O | DARK, BLACK |
| MYC/O | FUNGUS |
| ONYCH/O | FINGERNAIL, TOENAIL |
| PAPILL/O, PIPILL/I | NIPPLE-LIKE |
| PEDICUL/O | LOUSE, LICE |
| PIL/I, PIL/O | HAIR |
| PRURIT/O | ITCHING |
| PURPUR/O | PURPLE |
| PY/O | PUS |
| RHIN/O | NOSE |
| RHYTID/O | WRINKLE |
| SCLER/O | SCLERA, WHITE OF EYE, HARD |
| SEB/O | SEBUM |
| SQUAM/O | SCALE |
| UNGU/O | NAIL |
| URTIC/O | NETTLE, RASH, HIVES |
| XER/O | DRY |
| AN | NO, NOT, WITHOUT |
| DYS | BAD, DIFICULT, PAINFUL |
| HYPER | EXCESSIVE, INCREASED |
| HYPO | DEFICIENT, DECREASED |
| PAR | BESIDE, NEAR, BEYOND, ABNORMAL, APART FROM, OPPOSITE, ALONG SIDE OF |
| A | NOUN ENDING |
| ARIA | CONNECTED WITH |
| DERMA | SKIN |
| ECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL, CUTTING OUT, EXCISION |
| EDEMA | SWELLING, FLUID, TUMOR |
| IA | ABNORMAL CONDITION, DISEASE |
| ISM | CONDITION, STATE OF |
| ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| MALACIA | ABNORMAL SOFTENING |
| OLOGIST | SPECIALIST |
| OMA | TUMOR, NEOPLASM |
| OPSIA, OPSIS, OPSY | VISION, VIEW OF |
| OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION, DISEASE |
| OUS | PRETAINING TO |
| PATHY | DISEASE, SUFFERING, FEELING, EMOTION |
| PHAGIA | EATING, SWALLOWING |
| PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
| RRHEA | FLOW, DISCHARGE |
| US | THING, SINGULAR NOUN ENDING |