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Chapter 2
combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cancer/o, carcin/o combining form EXAMPLE: cancer/ous | cancer |
| eti/o combining form EXAMPLE: eti/o/logy | cause (of disease) |
| gno/o combining form EXAMPLE: pro/gno/sis | knowledge |
| later/o combining form EXAMPLE: later/al | side |
| lei/o combining form EXAMPLE: lei/o/my/oma | smooth |
| onc/o combining form EXAMPLE: onc/o/logist | tumor, mass |
| path/o combining form EXAMPLE: path/o/genic | disease |
| rhabd/o combining form EXAMPLE: rhabd/o/my/oma | rod-shaped, striated |
| somat/o combining form EXAMPLE: somat/o/plasm | body |
| chlor/o combining form EXAMPLE: chlor/oma | green |
| chrom/o combining form EXAMPLE: xanth/o/chrom/ic | color |
| cyan/o combining form EXAMPLE: cyan/osis | blue |
| erythr combining form EXAMPLE: erythr/o/cyte | red |
| melan/o combining form EXAMPLE: melan/oma | black |
| leuk/o combining form EXAMPLE: leuk/o/cyte | white |
| xanth/o combining form EXAMPLE: xanth/o/chrom/ic | yellow |
| dys- prefix EXAMPLE: dys/plasia | painful, abnormal,difficult, labored |
| dia- prefix EXAMPLE: dia/gno/sis | through, complete |
| hyper- prefix EXAMPLE: hyper/plasia | above, excessive |
| hypo- prefix EXAMPLE: hypo/plasia | below, incomplete, deficient, under |
| meta- prefix EXAMPLE: meta/stasis | after, beyond, change |
| neo- prefix EXAMPLE: neo/plasm | new |
| pro- prefix EXAMPLE: pro/gno/sis | before |
| -al, -ic, -ous suffix EXAMPLE: epitheli/al | pertaining to |
| -cyte suffix EXAMPLE: erythr/o/cyte | cell |
| -gen suffix EXAMPLE: carcin/o/gen | substance or agent that produce or causes |
| -genic suffix EXAMPLE: carcin/o/genic | producing, originating, causing |
| -logist suffix EXAMPLE: onc/o/logist | one who studies and treats (specialist, physician) |
| -logy suffix EXAMPLE: onc/o/logy | study of |
| -megaly suffix EXAMPLE: organ/o/megaly | enlargement |
| -oid suffix EXAMPLE: cyt/oid | resembling |
| -oma suffix EXAMPLE: fibr/oma | tumor, swelling |
| -osis suffix EXAMPLE: cyan/osis | abnormal condition (means INCREASE when used with blood cell word roots) |
| -pathy suffix EXAMPLE: somat/o/pathy | disease |
| -plasia suffix EXAMPLE: hyper/plasia | condition of formation, development, growth |
| -plasm suffix EXAMPLE: neo/plasm | growth, substance, formation |
| -sarcoma suffix EXAMPLE: aden/o/sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -sis suffix EXAMPLE: pro/gno/sis | state of |
| -stasis suffix EXAMPLE: meta/stasis | control, stop, standing |
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