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Mohammed/Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| gen/o | creation, cause (pathogenic) |
| hydr/o | water (hydrophobia, hydration) |
| morph/o | change (morphology) |
| myc/o | fungus (dermatomycosis) |
| necr/o | death (necrosis) |
| orth/o | straight (orthodontist) |
| path/o | suffering, disease (pathology0 |
| phag/o | eat (aphagia) |
| plas/o | formation (hyperplasia) |
| py/o | pus (pyorrhea ) ( pyemia |
| scler/o | hard (scleroderma) |
| sten/o | narrowing (stenosis) |
| troph/o | nourishment, development (hypertrophy) |
| xen/o | forign ( |
| xer/o | dry |
| -ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -tic, -ous | pertaining to |
| -ia, -ism, | condition |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| -y | condition, procedure |
| -icle, -ole, -ule, ula | small |
| -iatrics, -iatry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia (a bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn't belong) |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| -a | vertebra |
| -ax | thorax |
| -ex | cortex |
| -ix | appendix |
| -is | neurosis |
| -ma | sarcoma, carcinoma |
| -on | spermatozoon, ganglion |
| -um | datum, bacterium, ovum |
| -us | nucleus, alveolus, thrombus |
| -y | biopsy, myopathy |
| -a, ay, an, an | not |
| anti-, contra- | against |
| de- | down, away from |
| ante-, pre- | before |
| pro- | before, on behalf of |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| post- | after |
| re- | again |
| ab- | away |
| ad- | toword |
| circum, peri- | around |
| dia-, trans- | through |
| e-, ec-, ex- | out |
| ecto-, exo-, extra | outside |
| en-, endo-, intra- | in, inside |
| epi- | upon |
| sub- | beneath |
| inter | between |
| bi- | two |
| hemi-, semi- | half |
| hyper- | over |
| hypo- | under |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono-, uni- | one |
| oligo- | few |
| pan- | all |
| poly-, multi- | many |
| con-, syn-, sym- | with, together |
| dys- | bad |
| eu- | good |
| Combining vowels are used to: | Join a root to any suffix beginning with a consonant– Join two roots together– Joint two roots together even when the second root begins with a vowel |
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