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Chabner12-Ch01all

Chabner, Language of Medicine 12th Ed, Chapter01 - All

TermDefinition
a- no, not, without
an- no, not, without
aut- self, own
auto- self, own
dia- complete, through
end- in; within
endo- in; within
epi- above; upon; on
ex- out; away from
exo- out; away from
hyper- above; excessive
hypo- deficient; below; under; less than normal
in- in; into; not
peri- surrounding
pro- before; forward
re- back; again; backward
retro- behind; back; backward
sub- under; below
trans- across; through
-ac pertaining to
-al pertaining to
-algia pain
-cyte cell
-ectomy removal; excision; resection
-emia blood condition
-genic produced by or in
-globin protein
-gram record
-ic pertaining to
-ical pertaining to
-ion process
-ist specialist
-itis inflammation
-logy study (process of)
-oma tumor; mass; fluid collection
-opsy view of
-osis condition, usually abnormal
-pathy disease; emotion
-scope instrument for visual examination
-scopy visual examination
-sis state of; condition
-tomy process of cutting
-y condition; process
aden/o gland
arthr/o joint
bi/o life
carcin/o cancerous; cancer
cardi/o heart
cephal/o head
cerebr/o cerebrum (largest part of brain)
cis/o to cut
crin/o secrete
cyst/o urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid (99% urinary)
cyt/o cell
derm/o skin
dermat/o skin
electr/o electricity
encephal/o brain
enter/o intestines (usually small intestines)
erythr/o red
gastr/o stomach
glyc/o sugar
gnos/o knowledge
gynec/o woman; female
hemat/o blood
hem/o blood
hepat/o liver
iatr/o physician; treatment
leuk/o white
log/o study
nephr/o kidney
neur/o nerve
onc/o tumor
ophthalm/o eye
oste/o bone
path/o disease; emotion
ped/o child
psych/o mind
radi/o x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone)
ren/o kidney
rhin/o nose
sarc/o flesh
sect/o to cut
thromb/o clot
ur/o urine; urinary tract
Word beginnings prefix
Word endings suffix
Word foundation root
letter linking suffix and root or 2 roots combining vowel
root + combining vowel combining form
spelling: 3rd part of small intestine vs part of hip bone ileum vs ilium
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