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Chabner, Chapter 1
Language of Medicine, Chapter 1, Basic Word Structure
| Combining Form | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cis/o | to cut |
| cyst/o | bladder (urinary) |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hemat/o, 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 ray |
| ren/o | kindey |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | malignant |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | produced by |
| -gram | record, x-ray |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opsy | viewing with a microscope |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -sis | state of |
| -tomy | cutting into |
| -y | process, condition |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | above, upon |
| ex-, exo- | out |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | deficient |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| pro- | before, forward |
| retro- | back, behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| trans- | across, through |
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