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Combing terms
Combing terms, suffixes,pre-fixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abdomin/o | Abdomen |
| Alveol/o | small hole/air sac |
| Append/o | Appendix |
| Bacteri/o | Bacteria |
| Bol/o | cast,throw |
| Bas/o | Base(ph) |
| Carcin/o | Cancer |
| Cyst/o | Bladder |
| Cerebr/o | Brain (cerebrum) |
| Dips/o | Thirst |
| Derm/o | Skin |
| Dem/o | People |
| Emmetr/o | Ideal |
| Episi/o | Vulva/Pudenda |
| Enter/o | Intestine |
| Fibr/o | Fiber |
| Fluor/o | Fluorescence |
| Fibul/o | Fibula |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Gangli/o | Knot |
| Gloss/o | Tongue |
| Hem/o | Blood |
| Hol/o | Whole |
| Hyster/o | Womb/Uterus |
| Insul/o | Pancreatic islets |
| Immun/o | Safe/Protect |
| Icter/o | Jaundice |
| Jejun/o | Jejunum |
| Kel/o | Tumor |
| Kerat/o | Cornea |
| Ket/o | Keton |
| Kyph/o | Hump |
| Laryng/o | Larynx |
| Lacrim/o | Tear |
| Letharg/o | Drowsiness |
| Men/o | Month (menstrate) |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Myel/o | Spinal cord |
| Noct/o | Night |
| Necr/o | Death |
| Neur/o | Nerve |
| Ot/o | Ear |
| Ox/o | Oxygen |
| Olecran/o | Elbow |
| Phac/o | lens |
| Ped/i | Child |
| Pharmac/o | Drug |
| Ren/o | Kidney |
| Radi/o | Ray/Radius |
| Rhytid/o | Wrinkle |
| Ser/o | Serum |
| Somn/o | Sleep |
| Sacr/o | Sacrum |
| Tendin/o | Tendon |
| Tars/o | Ankle bone |
| Test/o | Testis |
| Ur/o | Urine |
| Ul/o | Scar |
| Vector/o | Carrier |
| Vertig/o | Dizziness |
| Vitre/o | Vitreous humor |
| Xanth/o | Yellow |
| Xen/o | Alien |
| Zyg/o | Joined |
| Zo/o | Animal |
| zon/o | encircling area |
| vesicul/o | vesicle |
| ulcer/o | surface excavation |
| trache/o | trachea |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| a-, an | no, not without, negates the meaning |
| ab- | away from; from |
| ad- | toward, at, increase, on, toward |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against, opposin |
| bi-, bin- | two, twice, double |
| brady- | slow |
| de- | from,down, away from |
| dia- | through, complete |
| dys- | painful,abnormal, difficult,labored |
| endo- | within, in |
| epi- | on, upon, over |
| eu- | normal, good |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | above,excessive |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within, in |
| macro- | large, long |
| meta- | after, beyond,change |
| micro- | small |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| nulli- | none |
| pachy- | thick, thickening,thickend |
| pan- | all, total |
| para- | beside,beyond,around,abnormal |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding (outer) |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before |
| sub- | below,under |
| supra- | above |
| sym-, syn- | together,joined |
| tachy- | fast,rapid |
| trans- | through, across,beyond |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| -a | noun ending, no meaning |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ad | toward |
| -algia | pain |
| -amnios | amniotic fluid |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -carcinoma | cancerous tumor |
| -cele | hernia,protrusion, swelling, |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
| -drome | run, running |
| -e | noun ending,no meaning |
| -eal | pertaning to |
| -ectasis | stretching out, dilation,expansion |
| -ectomy | excision,surgical removal,cut out |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | in the blood |
| -esis | condition |
| -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| -genic | originating,producing,causing |
| -gram | the record,radiographic,image |
| -graph | instrument used to record;the record |
| -graphy | process of recording, radiographic imaging |
| -ia | condition of, diseased state, abnormal state |
| -iasis | condition |
| -iatrist | specialist |
| -iatry | specialty, treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ictal | seizure, attack |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | state of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist who studies and treats |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separating, loosening,dissoultion |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlarged, enlargement |
| meter- | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | measuring, process of measuring |
| -iod | resembling |
| -oma | tumor, swelling |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsy | viewing, process of viewing |
| -osis | al condition, increased number (blood) |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | abnormal reduction in number |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| -phagia | swallowing, eating |
| -phobia | aversion, abnormal fear |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasia | formation, development, growth |
| -plasm | growth, substance, formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -ptosis | prolapse, drooping |
| -rrhage | excessive bleeding |
| -rrhagia | condition of excessive bleeding |
| -rrhaphy | repairing, suturing |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube, uterine tube |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -schisis | split, fissure |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope i | instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -spasm | sudden,involuntary contraction of muscle |
| -stasis | stop, control,standing |
| -stenosis | constriction,narrowing |
| -stomy | creation of artificial opening |
| -thorax | chest cavity,chest |
| -tocia | labor, birth |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -tomy | incision, cut into |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -um | no meaning |
| -uria | urine, urination |
| -us | no meaning |