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Chapter 1
MED 104
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ultima | the last syllable |
| Penult | the almost-last syllable |
| Antepenult | the one that is just before the penult |
| Root | foundation or subject of the term |
| Suffix | ending that gives essential meaning to the term |
| Prefix | added to the beginning of a term when needed to further modify the root |
| Root: Hem/o and hemat/o | Blood |
| Root: Angi/o, vas/o, and vascul/o | Vessel |
| Root: gen/o (JIN-oh) | Creation, cause (ex: pathogenic) |
| Root: hydr/o (HAI-droh) | water hydrophobia (ex: dehydration) |
| Root: morph/o (MOR-foh) | change (ex: morphology) |
| Root: myc/o (MAI-koh) | fungus (ex: dermatomycosis) |
| Root: necr/o (NEH-kroh) | death (ex: necrosis) |
| Root: orth/o (OR-thoh) | straight (ex: orthodontist) |
| Root: path/o (PAH-thoh) | suffering, disease (ex: pathology) |
| Root: phag/o (FAY-goh) | eat (ex: aphagia) |
| Root: plas/o (PLAH-soh) | formation (ex: hyperplasia) |
| Root: py/o (PAI-oh) | pus (ex: pyorrhea, pyemia) |
| Root: scler/o (SKLEH-roh) | hard (ex: scleroderma) |
| Root: sten/o (STIH-noh) | narrowing (ex: stenosis) |
| Root: troph/o (TROH-foh) | nourishment, development (ex: trophology, hypertrophy) |
| Root: xen/o (ZEE-noh) | foreign (ex: xenograft) |
| Adjective | often mean pertaining to |
| Noun | turn the root into a noun |
| Diminutive | transform a term’ s meaning to a smaller version. |
| Suffix (adjective): -ac (ak) | pertaining to cardiac (ex: cardiac) |
| Suffix (adjective): -al (Al) | pertaining to skeletal (ex: skeletal) |
| Suffix (adjective): -ar (ar) | pertaining to muscular (ex: muscular) |
| Suffix (adjective): -ary (ar-ee) | pertaining to pulmonary (ex: pulmonary) |
| Suffix (adjective): -eal (ee-al) | pertaining to esophageal (ex: esophageal) |
| Suffix (adjective): -ic (ik) | pertaining to medic (ex: medic) |
| Suffix (adjective): -tic (tik) | pertaining to neurotic (ex: neurotic) |
| Suffix (adjective): -ous (us) | pertaining to subcutaneous (ex: subcutaneous) |