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Chapter 2
combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes
Term | Definition |
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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 |