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LOM Chapters 1-4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebral |
| cis/o | to cut |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| cyst/o | bladder; urinary bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot |
| ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| crani/o | skull |
| dist/o | far, distant |
| dors/o | back portion of the body |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium (top part of the pelvic bone) |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| spin/o | spine |
| thel/o | nipple |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea |
| umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
| ventr/o | belly side of the body |
| vertebr/o | vertebra(e) |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities |
| adip/o | fat |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necr/o | death (of cells) |
| ot/o | ear |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| cost/o | rib |
| cutane/o | skin |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| immun/o | protection |
| nat/i | birth |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | formation, producing |
| -gram | record |
| -ic, -ical | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -scopy | process of viewing |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -plasm | formation |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -dynia | pain |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -lysis | to free, breakdown or destruction |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasty | repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -scopy | process of viewing with a scope |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -stomy | opening to form a small mouth |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -blast | immature |
| -fusion | to come together |
| -lapse | fall, sag |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| a-, an- | without, no, not |
| auto- | self |
| dia- | through |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | above, upon |
| ex- | out |
| exo- | outside |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | under, deficient |
| peri- | surrounding |
| pro- | forward, before |
| re- | back, backward |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | under |
| trans- | through |
| inter- | between |
| meta- | change |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| con- | with, together |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| dys- | bad, painful |
| ecto- | outside |
| eu- | good, normal |
| hemi- | half |
| infra- | underneath |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mal- | bad |
| meta- | change |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | abnormal, beside |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pseudo- | false |
| uni- | one |