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Chapter 3 Quiz
Prefixes and Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| arthr/o | joint |
| Card/o, Cardi/o | Heart |
| Duct/o | to lead; to carry |
| Electr/o | electricity |
| Fasci/o | fibrous band; fascia |
| Fibr/o | fiber |
| flex/o | to bend |
| Kines/o; Kinesi/o | movement |
| Lei/o | smooth |
| Muscul/o | muscle |
| My/o; Myos/o | muscle |
| Myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| Neur/o | nerve |
| Orth/o | straight; normal |
| Ped/o | child; foot |
| Plant/o | sole of the foot |
| Radi/o | X-rays |
| Rhabd/o | Rod-shaped |
| Sarc/o | Flesh; Connective tissue |
| Son/o | Sound |
| Tax/o | Coordination; Order |
| Ten/o, Tendin/o, Tendon/o | Tendon |
| Tens/o | Stretched; Strained |
| Ton/o | Tone; Tension |
| Vers/o | Turn, Turning |
| A-, An- | Not, without |
| Ab- | Away, away from |
| Ad- | Toward |
| Bi- | two, both |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Circum- | Around |
| Dorsi- | Back |
| Dys- | Painful, difficult |
| E-, Ex- | Out, away from |
| Hemi- | Half |
| Hyper- | Above, above normal, excessive |
| Hypo- | Below, below normal, deficient |
| In- | In, into, not |
| Par-, Para- | Near, beside, alongside, beyond, abnormal |
| Quadri- | Four |
| Tachy- | Fast |
| Tri- | Three |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ic | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cele | Hernia, swelling, protrusion |
| -ceps | Heads (attachments) |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal, excision |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -gram | record, image |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -ia | Condition |
| -ion | Process, state, condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ology | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, loosening |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -plegic | Pertaining to paralysis |
| -rrhexic | rupture |
| -scope | instrument used to view |
| -scopy | visual examination using a scope |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| -tonia | tone, tension |
| -trophy | condition of growth or development |