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LOM Parts
Combining Form, Suffix and Prefix
| Part | Meaning |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | no; not; without |
| ab- | away from |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| acanth/o | spiny; thorny |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| acous/o | hearing |
| acr/o | extremities; top; extreme point |
| acromi/o | acromion (extension of shoulder bone) |
| actin/o | light |
| acu/o | sharp; severe; sudden |
| -acusis | hearing |
| ad- | toward |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| adip/o | fat |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| aer/o | air |
| af- | toward |
| agglutin/o | clumping; sticking together |
| -agon | to assemble, gather |
| agora- | marketplace |
| -agra | excessive pain |
| -al | pertaining to |
| alb/o | white |
| albin/o | white |
| albumin/o | albumin (protein) |
| alges/o | sensitivity to pain |
| -algesia | sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| all/o | other |
| alveol/o | alveolus; air sac; small sac |
| ambly/o | dim; dull |
| -amine | nitrogen compound |
| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo) |
| amyl/o | starch |
| an/o | anus |
| -an | pertaining to |
| ana- | up; apart; backward; again, anew |
| andr/o | male |
| aneurysm/o | aneurysm (widened blood vessel) |
| angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| anis/o | unequal |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| ante- | before; forward |
| anter/o | front |
| anthrac/o | coal |
| anthr/o | antrum of the stomach |
| anti- | against |
| anxi/o | uneasy; anxious |
| aort/o | aorta (largest artery) |
| -apheresis | removal |
| aphth/o | ulcer |
| apo- | off, away |
| aponeur/o | aponeurosis (type of tendon) |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| aque/o | water |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -arche | beginning |
| arter/o | artery |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole (small artery) |
| arthr/o | joint |
| -arthria | articulate (speak distinctly) |
| articul/o | joint |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| asbest/o | asbestos |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| atel/o | incomplete |
| ather/o | plaque (fatty substance) |
| -ation | process; condition |
| atri/o | atrium (upper heart chamber) |
| audi/o | hearing |
| audit/o | hearing |
| aur/o | ear |
| auricul/o | ear |
| auto- | self, own |
| axill/o | armpit |
| azot/o | urea; nitrogen |
| bacill/o | bacilli (bacteria) |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| bar/o | pressure; weight |
| bartholin/o | Bartholin glands |
| bas/o | base; opposite of acid |
| bi- | two |
| bi/o | life |
| bil/i | bile; gall |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin |
| -blast | embryonic; immature |
| -bastoma | immature tumor (cells) |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bol/o | cast; throw |
| brachi/o | arm |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| broncho/o | bronchial tube |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| bunion/o | bunion |
| burs/o | bursa (sac of fluid near joints) |
| byssin/o | cotton dust |
| cac/o | bad |
| calc/o | calcium |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel bone) |
| calci/o | calcium |
| cali/o | calyx |
| calic/o | calyx |
| capillar/o | capillary (tiniest blood vessel) |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| carcin/o | cancerous; cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist bones (carpals) |
| cata- | down |
| caud/o | tail; lower part of body |
| caus/o | burn; burning |
| cauter/o | heat; burn |
| cec/o | cecum (first part of the colon) |
| -cele | hernia |
| celi/o | belly; abdomen |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum (posterior part of the brain) |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| cerumin/o | cerumen |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus) |
| -chalasia | relaxation |
| -chalasis | relaxation |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chem/o | drug; chemical |
| -chezia | defecation; elimination of wastes |
| chir/o | hand |
| chlor/o | green |
| chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid |
| chol/e | bile; gall |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| cholesterol/o | cholesterol |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chore/o | dance |
| chori/o | chorion (outermost membrane of the fetus) |
| chorion/o | chorion |
| choroid/o | chorioid layer of eye |
| chrom/o | color |
| chron/o | time |
| chym/o | to pour |
| cib/o | meal |
| -cide | killing |
| -cidal | pertaining to killing |
| cine/o | movement |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| cis/o | to cut |
| -clasis | to break |
| -clast | to break |
| claustr/o | enclosed space |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| -clysis | irrigation; washing |
| coagul/o | coagulation (clotting) |
| -coccus (plural: cocci) | berry-shaped bacterium (plural: bacteria) |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| cochle/o | cochlea (inner part of ear) |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| coll/a | glue |
| colon/o | colon (large intestine) |
| colp/o | vagina |
| comat/o | deep sleep |
| comi/o | to care for |
| con- | together, with |
| coni/o | dust |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva (lines the eyelids) |
| -constriction | narrowing |
| contra- | against; opposite |
| cor/o | pupil |
| core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| coron/o | heart |
| corpor/o | body |
| cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| cras/o | mixture; temperament |
| crin/o | secrete |
| -crine | secrete; separate |
| -crit | to separate |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| -cusis | hearing |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cycl/o | ciliary body of eye; cycle; circle |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | condition of cells; slight increase in numbers |
| dacry/o | tear |
| dacryoaden/o | tear gland |
| dacryocyst/o | tear sac; lacrimal sac |
| dactyl/o | fingers; toes |
| de- | lack of; down; less; removal of |
| dem/o | people |
| dent/i | tooth |
| derm/o | skin |
| -derma | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| desicc/o | drying |
| -desis | to bind, tie together |
| dia- | complete; through |
| diaphor/o | sweat |
| -dilation | widening; stretching; expanding |
| dipl/o | double |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dist/o | far; distant |
| dors/o | back (of body) |
| dorsi- | back |
| -dote | to give |
| -drome | to run |
| duct/o | to lead, carry |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult; abnormal |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| ec- | out; outside |
| echo- | reflected sound |
| -ectasia | stretching; dilation; expansion |
| -ectasis | stretching; dilation; expansion |
| ecto- | out; outside |
| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
| -edema | swelling |
| -elasma | flat plate |
| electr/o | electricity |
| em- | in |
| -ema | condition |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -emic | pertaining to blood condition |
| emmetr/o | in due measure |
| en- | in; within |
| encephal/o | brain |
| endo- | in; within |
| enter/o | intestines (usually small intestine) |
| eosin/o | red; rosy; dawn-colored |
| epi- | above; upon; on |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| episi/o | vulva (external female genitalia) |
| epitheli/o | skin; epithelium |
| equin/o | horse |
| -er | one who |
| erg/o | work |
| erythem/o | flushed; redness |
| erythr/o | red |
| -esis | condition |
| eso- | inward |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthes/o | nervous sensation (feeling) |
| esthesi/o | nervous sensation |
| -esthesia | nervous sensation |
| estr/o | female |
| ethm/o | sieve |
| eti/o | cause |
| eu- | good; normal |
| -eurysm | widening |
| ex- | out; away from |
| exanthemat/o | rash |
| exo- | out; away from |
| extra- | outside |
| faci/o | face |
| fasci/o | fascia (membrane supporting muscles) |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| -ferent | to carry |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibros/o | fibrous connective tissue |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| -fication | process of making |
| -fida | split |
| flex/o | to bend |
| fluor/o | luminous |
| follicul/o | follicle; small sac |
| -form | resembling; in the shape of |
| fung/i | fungus; mushroom |
| furc/o | forking; branching |
| -fusion | to pour; to come together |
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