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Chabner CH1/2/3
Review of Combining forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| cyst/o | cell |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| elect/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman; female |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | pertaining to |
| 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 | urine |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opsy | view of |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -sis | state of |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -y | condition of |
| a- | no; not; without |
| an- | no; not; without |
| auto- | self; own |
| dia- | complete |
| end- | in; within |
| endo- | in; within |
| epi- | above; up; on |
| ex- | out; away from |
| exo- | out; away from |
| hyper- | above; excessive |
| hypo- | dificient; below |
| in- | in; into; not |
| peri- | surrounding |
| pro- | before; forward |
| re- | back; again; backward |
| retro- | behind; back; backward |
| sub- | under; below |
| trans- | across; through |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| bol/o | cast; throw |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix |
| chrondr/o | cartlidge |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| crani/o | skull |
| dist/o | far; distant |
| dors/o | back |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| medi/o | middle |
| necle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| prosim/o | near |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| spin/o | spine |
| thel/o | nipple |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea |
| umbilic/o | umbilicus (navel) |
| ventr/o | bellyside of body |
| vertebr/o | bertebra |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| ana- | up; apart; backward |
| cata- | daown |
| inter- | between |
| meta- | change; beyond |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | process; condition |
| acr/o | extremities |
| acu/o | sharp; sudden; severe |
| adip/o | fat |
| amni/o | amnion |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ateri/o | artery |
| axill/0 | armpit |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| chem/o | drug; chemical |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon |
| morph/o | shape; form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| necr/o | death |
| neutr/o | neither; nuetral |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| ot/o | ear |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | eat; swallo |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plas/o | development; formation |
| pleur/o | pleura, side, rib |
| pneumon/o | lung; air; gas |
| pulmon/o | lung; air; gas |
| hem/o | blood |
| hydr/o | water |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynyx |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| rect//o | rectum |
| rhin/o | nose |
| inguin/o | groin |
| spleen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| ven/o | vein |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical punture to remove fluid |
| -coccus | berry shapped bacterium |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | removal; excision |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | producing; forming |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development; formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | droop; sag; prolapse |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visual exam |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -statis | to stop; control; place |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study (process of) |
| -lysis | breakdown |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -opsy | view of |
| -osis | condition; usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease; emotion |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -trophy | nourishment; development |
| -er | one who |
| -ia | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -ole | little; small |
| -um, -ium | structure |
| -us | structure |
| -y | condition; process |
| -ac, -iac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -ic, -ical | pertaining to |
| -oid | iodine |
| -ose | full of; pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
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