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Prefixes & Suffixes
Organ System Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angi | vessel |
| aort | aorta |
| card | heart |
| oxy | oxygen |
| pector | chest |
| phleb | vein |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| thromb | clot |
| vas(cu) | blood vessel |
| ven | vein |
| adrena | adrenal |
| glyc | sugar |
| lipid | fat |
| nephr | kidney |
| pancreat | pancreas |
| somat | body |
| thym | thymus |
| thyr | thyroid |
| chol | bile |
| col | colon |
| duoden | duodenum |
| enter | intestine |
| esophag | esophagus |
| gastr | stomach |
| hepat | liver |
| lapar | abdomen |
| orexia | appetite |
| adip | fat |
| cutane | skin |
| derma(t) | skin |
| hist | tissue |
| kerat | hard |
| mast | breast |
| necr | death (of cells, etc.) |
| onych | nail |
| aden | gland |
| cyt | cell |
| hemat | blood *5 letters |
| hemo | blood *4 letters |
| leuk | white |
| lymph | lymph |
| splen | spleen |
| chondr | cartilage |
| my | muscle |
| fibr | fiber |
| tendin | tendon |
| cerebr | cerebrum |
| encephal | brain |
| esthesi | sensation |
| mening | meninges |
| mens | mind |
| myel | spinal cord |
| neur | nerve |
| phas | speech |
| arthr | joint |
| carp | wrist |
| crani | skull |
| dactyl | finger or toe |
| femor | thigh bone |
| fibul | small, lower leg bone |
| humer | upper arm bone |
| oste | bone |
| patell | knee cap |
| ped, pod | foot |
| pelv | pelvis |
| phalang | bones of fingers and toes |
| rachi | vertebrae *5 letters |
| spondyl | vertebrae *7 letters |
| stern | sternum, breastbone |
| tibi | large lower leg bone |
| gynec | woman |
| hyster | uterus |
| lact | milk |
| mamm | breast |
| mast | breast |
| men | menstruation |
| metr | uterus |
| ovari | ovary |
| salping (woman) | fallopian tube |
| toc | birth |
| uter | uterine |
| andr | male |
| balan | glans penis |
| prostat | prostate gland |
| semin | semen |
| sperm | sperm |
| vas | vessel, duct |
| test | testis, testicle |
| aer | air |
| aero | gas |
| bronch | bronchus |
| capn | carbon dioxide |
| laryng | larynx |
| nas | nose |
| albumin | protein |
| cyst | bladder |
| lith | stone |
| ren | kidney *3 letters |
| ur | kidney *2 letters |
| uria | urine, urination |
| ureter | ureter |
| urethr | urethra |
| vesic | bladdder |
| acous | hearing *5 letters |
| acusis | hearing condition |
| audi | hearing *4 letters |
| cerumin | wax-like, waxy |
| myring | eardrum |
| ot | ear *2 letters |
| salping (head) | eustachian tube |
| tympan | eardrum |
| blephar | eyelid |
| corne | cornea |
| irid, ir | iris |
| lacrim | tear duct |
| ocul | eye *4 letters |
| ophthalm | eye *8 letters |
| retin | retina |
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