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Roots/prefixes/suff
Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| hyster/o | uterus (metro also |
| arteri/o | artery |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| arthr/o | joint |
| mast | breast |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| my/o | muscle |
| cardi/o | heart (also, part of stomach) |
| myring/o OR tympano/o | eardrum |
| cephal/o | head |
| neuro/o | nerve |
| cerebr/o | part of brain (cerebrum) |
| nephr/o | kidney (renal also |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| orth/o | straight or right |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| oste/o | bone |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| ot/o | ear |
| colp/o | vagina |
| path/o | lung (pulmon/o also |
| cost/o | rib |
| pyel/o | pelvis or kidney |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| ren/o | kidney |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| rhin/o | nose |
| derm/o | skin |
| sanguine | blood |
| encephal/o | brain |
| sero | serum |
| gastro/o | stomach |
| soma | body |
| gravid | pregnancy |
| vaso/o | vessel (artery, vein) |
| heap, hepato | liver |
| a-, an-, ar- | without or not |
| ectomy | to excise surgically |
| ad | near, toward |
| it is | inflammation |
| ab | away from |
| lysis | destruction |
| ante | before, forward |
| ostomy | a new permanent opening |
| anti | against |
| otomy | cutting into (making an incision) |
| brady | slow |
| orrhea | flow or discharge |
| dis | undone from |
| orrhaphy | surgical repair |
| dys | painful or difficult |
| oma | tumor (also means swelling) |
| hemo | blood |
| pexy | fixation (a type of repation) |
| hyper | too much, high |
| pnea | breathing, lungs |
| hypo- | not enough, low or under |
| plasty | plastic surgery |
| inter | between |
| plegia | paralysis |
| intra | within |
| centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| iso | equal |
| plasia | growth (cells) |
| lip | fat |
| mal | bad |
| poly | many, much |
| pre | before |
| pro | in front of, before |
| post | after, behind |
| noct | night |
| pyo | pus |
| megaol-megaly | large (enlarged) |
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