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HIM361 Test 4
combining forms - suffixes - prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bas/o | base |
| chrom/o | color |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| cyt/o | cell |
| eosin/o | red, dawn, rosy |
| erythr/o | red |
| granul/o | granules |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin |
| is/o | same or equal |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| leuk/o | white |
| mon/o | one or single |
| morph/o | shape or form |
| myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow |
| neutr/o | neutral |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| phag/o | to eat or swallow |
| poikil/o | varied or irregular |
| sider/o | iron |
| spher/o | shape of the cells; round |
| thromb/o | clot |
| -apheresis | removal or carrying away |
| -blast | immature cell, or embryonic |
| -cytosis | abnormal condition of cells (sometimes an increase of cells) |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | giving rise to or producing |
| -globin | protein |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| -oid | derived or originating from |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phage | to eat or swallow |
| -philia | attraction for; an increase in cell numbers |
| -phoresis | carrying or transmission |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -stasis | to stop or control |
| immun/o | protection |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph gland or lymph node |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| tox/o | poison |
| ana- | again |
| inter- | between |
| calc/o | calcium |
| calci/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | a posterior curvature in the thoracic spine |
| lamin/o | lamina: part of vertebral arch |
| lord/o | an anterior curvature of the lumbar region |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | a lateral, to the side, cure |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| -blast | embryonic or immature |
| -clast | to break |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | softening |
| -porosis | pore or passage |
| -tome | the instrument used to cut |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum |
| calcane/o | calcanaus |
| carp/o | carpals |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium/skull |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| malleol/o | malleolus |
| mandibul | mandible |
| maxilla/o | maxilla |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals |
| metatars/o | metatarsals |
| olecran/o | olecranon |
| patell/o | patella |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| perone/o | fibula |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pub/o | publis |
| radi/p | radius |
| stern/o | sternum |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| tars/o | tarsals |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| uln/o | inlad |
| adip/o | fat |
| albin/o | white |
| caus/o | burn |
| cauter/o | heat or burn |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| erythem/o | redness |
| erythemat/o | redness |
| hidr/o | sweet |
| hydr/o | water |
| ichthy/o | dry or scaly (fish-like) |
| kerat/o | hard |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o | nail |
| phyt/o | plant |
| pil/o | hair or hair follicle |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| seb/o | sebum |
| squam/o | scale-like |
| steat/o | fat |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
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