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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| combining form: 1 abdomin/o | abdomen |
| combining form: 2 acoust/o | hearing |
| combining form: 3 acul/o | needle |
| combining form: 4 agglutinat/o | clumping |
| combining form: 5 adren/o | adrenal gland |
| combining form: 6 amyl/o | starch |
| combining form: 7 axill/o | armpit |
| combining form: 8 blephar/o | eyelid |
| combining form: 9 brachy/o | arm |
| combining form: 10 bucc/o | cheek |
| combining form: 11 cac/o | bad, diseased |
| combining form: 12 cat/a | down, downward |
| combining form: 13 cec/o | cecum |
| combining form: 14 cerebr/o | brain (cerebrum) |
| combining form: 15 cervic/o | neck |
| combining form: 16 cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| combining form: 17 cine/o | motion |
| combining form: 18 cis/o | cut |
| combining form: 19 coccidiod/o | fungus |
| combining form: 20 cochle/o | snail |
| combining form: 21 colon/o | colon |
| combining form: 22 colp/o | vagina |
| combining form: 23 coni/o | dust |
| combining form: 24 cost/o | rib |
| combining form: 25 cutan/o | skin |
| combining form: 26 cyst/o | bladder |
| combining form: 27 dem/o | people |
| combining form: 28 dips/o | thirst |
| combining form: 29 dont/o | tooth |
| combining form: 30 dur/o | hard |
| combining form: 31 embol/o | throwing in |
| combining form: 32 enter/o | intestine |
| combining form: 33 episi/o | vulva, pudena |
| combining form: 34 esophag/o | esophagus |
| combining form: 35 fibr/o | fiber |
| combining form: 36 foramin/o | foramen, opening |
| combining form: 37 gastr/o | stomach |
| combining form: 38 gingiv/o | gums |
| combining form: 39 gloss/o | tongue |
| combining form: 40 gonad/o | ovaries, testes |
| combining form: 41 gravid/o | pregnant |
| combining form: 42 gynec/o | female |
| combining form: 43 hem/o | blood |
| combining form: 44 herni/o | hernia |
| combining form: 45 hirsut/o | hair |
| combining form: 46 hypn/o | sleep |
| combining form: 47 hyster/o | womb, uterus |
| combining form: 48 insulin/o | insulin |
| combining form: 49 ischi/o | hip |
| combining form: 50 kel/o | tumor |
| combining form: 51 kyph/o | hump |
| combining form: 52 lacrim/o | tear |
| combining form: 53 laryng/o | larynx |
| combining form: 54 lei/o | smooth |
| combining form: 55 lip/o | fat |
| combining form: 56 lob/o | lobe |
| combining form: 57 lymph/o | lymph, lymph gland |
| combining form: 58 mamm/o | breast |
| combining form: 59 medull/o | marrow, spinal |
| combining form: 60 metr/o | uterus |
| combining form: 61 muscul/o | muscle |
| combining form: 62 myel/o | spinal cord |
| combining form: 63 myring/o | membrane |
| combining form: 64 necr/o | death |
| combining form: 65 neur/o | nerve |
| combining form: 66 nuclc/o | nucleus |
| combining form: 67 ocul/o | eye |
| combining form: 68 organ/o | organ |
| combining form: 69 ot/o | ear |
| combining form: 70 ox/o | oxygen |
| prefixes: 1 a-, an | no, not without, negates the meaning |
| prefixes: 2 bi-, bin- | two, twice, double |
| prefixes: 3 de- | from, down, away from |
| prefixes: 4 dia- | through, complete |
| prefixes: 5 anti- | against, opposing |
| prefixes: 6 brady- | slow |
| prefixes: 7 dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
| prefixes: 8 endo- | within, in |
| prefixes: 9 epi- | on, upon, over |
| prefixes: 10 eu- | normal, good |
| prefixes: 11 hyper- | above, excessive |
| prefixes: 12 macro- | large, long |
| prefixes: 13 micro- | small |
| prefixes: 14 multi- | many |
| prefixes: 15 neo- | new |
| prefixes: 16 nulli- | none |
| prefixes: 17 pan- | all, total |
| prefixes: 18 per- | through |
| prefixes: 19 peri- | surrounding (outer) |
| prefixes: 20 post- | after |
| prefixes: 21 sym-, syn- | together, joined |
| prefixes: 22 tachy- | fast, rapid |
| prefixes: 23 tri- | three |
| prefixes: 24 uni- | one |
| prefixes: 25 poly- | many, much |
| prefixes: 26 sub- | below, under |
| prefixes: 27 supra- | above |
| prefixes: 28 trans- | through, across, beyond |
| prefixes: 29 pre- | before |
| prefixes: 30 pro- | before |
| prefixes: 31 pachy- | thick, thickening, thickened |
| prefixes: 32 meta- | after, beyond, change |
| prefixes: 33 hemi- | half |
| prefixes: 34 inter- | between |
| prefixes: 35 de- | from, down, away from |
| prefixes: 36 intra- | within, in |
| prefixes: 37 ab- | away from; from |
| prefixes: 38 ad- | toward, at, increase, on, toward |
| prefixes: 39 ante- | before |
| suffixes- 1 -a | noun ending, no meaning |
| suffixes- 2 -ac | pertaining to |
| suffixes- 3 -ad | toward |
| suffixes- 4 -algia | pain |
| suffixes- 5 -amnios | amnion, amniotic fluid |
| suffixes- 6 -apheresis | removal |
| suffixes- 7 -ar | pertaining to |
| suffixes- 8 -ary | pertaining to |
| suffixes- 9 -asthenia | weakness |
| suffixes- 10 -carcinoma | cancerous tumor |
| suffixes- 11 -cele | hernia, protrusion, swelling |
| suffixes- 12 -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| suffixes- 13 -crine | to secrete |
| suffixes- 14 -cyesis | pregnancy |
| suffixes- 15 -cyte | cell |
| suffixes- 16 -desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
| suffixes- 17 -drome | run, running |
| suffixes- 18 -e | noun ending, no meaning |
| suffixes- 19 -eal | pertaining to |
| suffixes- 20 -ectasis | stretching out, dilation, expansion |
| suffixes- 21 -ectomy | excision, surgical removal, cut out |
| suffixes- 22 -emesis | vomiting |
| suffixes- 23 -emia | in the blood |
| suffixes- 24 -esis | condition |
| suffixes- 25 -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| suffixes- 26 -genic | producing, originating, causing |
| suffixes- 27 -gram | the record, radiographic image |
| suffixes- 28 -graph | instrument used to record; the record |
| suffixes- 29 -ia | condition of, diseased state, abnormal state |
| suffixes- 30 -iasis | condition |
| suffixes- 31 -iastrist | specialist |
| suffixes- 32 -iatry | specialty, treatment |
| suffixes- 33 -ic | pertaining to |
| suffixes- 34 -ictal | seizure, attack |
| suffixes- 35 -ior | pertaining to |
| suffixes- 36 -ism | state of |
| suffixes- 37 -itis | inflammation |
| suffixes- 38 -logist | specialist who studies and treats |
| suffixes- 39 -logy | study of |
| suffixes- 40 -lysis | separating, loosening, dissolution |
| suffixes- 41 -malacia | softening |
| suffixes- 42 -megaly | enlarged, enlargement |
| suffixes- 43 -meter | instrument used to measure |
| suffixes- 44 -metry | measuring, process of measuring |
| suffixes- 45 -oid | resembling |
| suffixes- 46 -oma | tumor, swelling |
| suffixes- 47 -opia | vision |
| suffixes- 48 -opsy | viewing, process of viewing |
| suffixes- 49 -osis | abnormal condition, increased number (blood) |
| suffixes- 50 -ous | pertaining to |
| suffixes- 51 -paresis | slight paralysis |
| suffixes- 52 -pathy | disease |
| suffixes- 53 -penia | abnormal reduction in number |
| suffixes- 54 -pepsia | digestion |
| suffixes- 55 -pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| suffixes- 56 -phagia | swallowing, eating |
| suffixes- 57 -phobia | aversion, abnormal fear |
| suffixes- 58 -plasia | formation, development, growth |
| suffixes- 59 -plasm | growth, substance, formation |
| suffixes- 60 -plasty | surgical repair |
| suffixes- 61 -plegia | paralysis |
| suffixes- 62 -pnea | breathing |
| suffixes- 63 -poiesis | formation |
| suffixes- 64 -ptosis | prolapse, drooping |
| suffixes- 65 -rrhage | excessive bleeding |
| suffixes- 66 -rrhagia | condition of excessive bleeding |
| suffixes- 67 -rrhaphy | repairing, suturing |
| suffixes- 68 -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| suffixes- 69 -rrhexis | rupture |
| suffixes- 70 -salpinx | fallopian tube, uterine tube |
| suffixes- 71 -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| suffixes- 72 -schisis | split, fissure |
| suffixes- 73 -sclerosis | hardening |
| suffixes- 74 -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| suffixes- 75 -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| suffixes- 76 -spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction of muscle |
| suffixes- 77 -stasis | stop, control, standing |
| suffixes- 78 -stenosis | constriction, narrowing |
| suffixes- 79 -stomy | creation of artificial opening |
| suffixes- 80 -thorax | chest cavity, chest |
| suffixes- 81 -tocia | labor, breath |
| suffixes- 82 -tome | instrument used to cut |
| suffixes- 83 -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| suffixes- 84 -uria | urine, urination |
| suffixes- 85 -um | no meaning |
| suffixes- 86 -us | no meaning |
| suffixes- 87 -genesis | production, origin |
| suffixes- 88 -kinesia | movement, motion |
| suffixes- 89 -lith | stone, calculus |
| suffixes- 90 -lysis | breakdown, destruction |
| suffixes- 91 -necrosis | tissue death |
| suffixes- 92 -oid | resembling, like |
| suffixes- 93 -philia | attraction to, affinity for |
| suffixes- 94 -orexia | appetite |