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HIM361 Test 1

Medical Terminology Chapters 1-4 Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

TermDefinition
aden/o gland
arthr/o joint
bi/o life
carcin/o cancer, cancerous
cardi/o heart
cephal/o head
cerebr/o cerebrum (largest part of brain)
cis/o to cut
crin/o to secrete (to form and give off) `
cyst/o urinary bladder a sac or a cyst
cyt/o cell
derm/o skin
dermat/o skin
electr/o electricity
encephal/o brain
enter/o intestines (usually small)
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 process condition
leuk/o white
log/o study
nephr/o kidney
neur/o nerve
onc/o tumor (cancerous)
ophthalm/o eye
oste/o bone
path/o disease
ped/o child foot
psych/o mind
radi/o x-rays
ren/o kidney
rhin/o nose
sarc/o flesh (connective tissue)
sect/o to cut
thromb/o clot, clotting
ur/o urinary tract, urine
-ac pertaining to
-al pertaining to
-algia pain
-cyte cell
-ectomy to cut back, resection, removal, excision
-emia blood condition
-genic pertaining to produced by, produced in, producing
-globin protein
-gram record
-ic pertaining to
-ical pertaining to
-ion process
-ist specialist
-itis inflammation
-logy complex suffix log/y process of studying
-oma tumor, mass, swelling
-opsy process of viewing
-osis condition (usually abnormal) blood cells slightly increased in #
-pathy disease, condition
-scope instrument to visually examine
-scopy process of visually examining
-sis state of, condition
-tomy incision, process of cutting into
-y process, condition
-ism process, condition
-um structure
a- no, not, without
aut- self/own
dia- complete, through
endo- within
epi- above, upon, outer
ex- out, outside of, outward
an- no, not, without
auto- self/own
exo- out, outside of, outward
hyper- excessive, above, more than normal
hypo- deficient, below, under, less than normal
in- into, in
peri- surrounding, around
pro- before, forward
re- back, backward, again
retro- behind
sub- below, under
trans- across, through
abdomin/o abdomen
adip/o fat
anter/o front
cervic/o neck (body or uterus)
chondr/o cartilage
chrom/o color
coccyg/o coccyx
crani/o skull
dist/o far, distant
dors/o back portion of the body
hist/o tissue
ili/o ilium
inguin/o groin
kary/o nucleus
later/o side
lumb/o lower back
medi/o middle
nucle/o nucleus
pelv/i pelvis
pharyng/o pharynx
poster/o back, behind
proxim/o nearest
sacr/o sacrum
spin/o spine, backbone
thel/o nipple
theli/o nipple
thorac/o chest
trache/o trachea
umblic/o navel, umbilicus
ventr/o belly side of the body
vertebr/o vertebra(e)
viscer/o internal organs
ana- up
cata- down
inter- between
intra- within
meta- change
-eal pertaining to
-iac pertaining to
-ior pertaining to
-ism process, condition
-ose pertaining to full of
-plasm formation
-somes bodies
-type picture or classification
acr/o extremities, top, extreme point
acu/o sharp, sever, sudden
bol/o to cast, throw
amni/o amnion (sac surrounding embryo in the uterus)
angi/o vessel
arteri/o artery
axill/o armpit
blephar/o eyelid
bronch/o bronchial tubes (tubes that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
chem/o drug, chemical
col/o colon (small intestine)
hydr/o water, fluid
isch/o to hold back
lapr/o abdomen, abdominal wall
lymph/o lymph (clear fluid bathes tissue spaces and is contained in lymph vessels and nodes over the entire body)
mamm/o breast
mast/o breast
morph/o shape, form
muc/o mucus
my/o muscle
myel/o spinal cord bone marrow
necr/o death (cells or body)
neutr/o neutrophil (a white blood cell)
opi/o opium
ot/o ear
peritone/o peritoneum
phag/o to eat, swallow
phleb/o vein
plas/o formation, development,
pleur/o pleura (membrane surrounding the lungs and adjacent to the chest wall)
pneumon/o lungs
pulmon/o lungs
rect/o rectum
splen/o spleen
staphyl/o clusters
strept/o twisted chains
tonsill/o tonsills
ven/o vein
-cele hernia
-centesis puncture to remover fluid
-coccus berry-shaped bacterium
-cocci berry-shaped bacteria (plural)
-dynia pain
-graph instrument for recording
-graphy process for recording
-lysis breakdown, destruction, seperation
-malacia softening
-megaly enlargement
-penia deficiency
-phobia fear
-plasia development, formation, growth
-plasty surgical repair
-ptosis drooping, falling, prolapse
-rrhea flow, discharge
-sclerosis hardening
-stasis controlling, stopping
-stomy opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-therapy treatment
-trophy development, nourishment
-er one who
-ia condition
-oid resembling, derived from
-ole small, little
-ule little, small
-um structure, tissue
-ium structure, tissue
-us structure, substance
-iac pertaining to
-ar pertaining to
-ary pertaining to
-ous pertaining to
-tic pertaining to
carp/o wrist bones
cis/o to cut
cost/o rib
cutane/o skin
dacyl/o fingers and toes
duct/o lead, carry
flex/o bend
furc/o branching
gloss/o tongue
glyc/o sugar
immun/o protection
morph/o shape, form
mort/o death
nat/i birth
norm/o rule, order
ox/o oxygen
pub/o pubis
seps/o infection
somn/o sleep
son/o sound
tens/o force, strain, stretch
the/o put, place
thel/o nipple
theli/o nipple
thyr/o thyroid gland, shield
top/o place, position, location
tox/o poison
trache/o trachea
urethr/o urethra
-crine to secrete
-drome run
-fusion coming together to pour
-gen substance that produces
-lapse slide, fall, sag
-lysis breakdown, destruction, seperation
-meter measure
-mission send
-or one who
-oxia oxygen
-partum birth, labor
-phoria bear, carry, feeling (mental state)
-physis grow
-plasia growth, development, formation
-plasm structure or formation
-pnea breathing
-ptom happening, occurance
-ptosis falling, drooping, sagging
-rrhea flow, discharge
-stasis stopping, controlling
-trophy development, nourishment
ab- away from
ad- toward
ana- up, apart
ante- before, forward
anti- against
bi- two
brady- slow
cata- down
con- with, together
contra- against, opposite
de- down, lack of
dia- through complete
dys- abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
ec- out, outside
epi- upon, on, above
eu- good, normal
hemi- half
in- not into, within
infra- beneath, under
inter- between
intra- within, in, into
macro- large
mal- bad
meta- beyond, change
micro- small
neo- new
pan- all
para- abnormal near, beside
per- through
peri- surrounding
poly- many, much
post- after, behind
pre- before, in front of
pro- before, forward
pros- before, forward
re- back, again
retro- behind, backward
sub- under
supra- above, upper
syn- together, with
sym- together, with
tachy- fast
trans- through, across
ultra- beyond, excess
uni- one
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