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Med Term Chpt 1
Combining Forms, Suffixes and Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aden/o | Gland |
| Arthr/o | Joints |
| Bi/o | Life |
| Carcin/o | Cancerous/Cancer |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Cephal/o | Head |
| Cerebr/o | Cerebrum |
| Cis, Sect/o | To cut |
| Crin/o | To secrete |
| Cyst/o | Urinary Bladder |
| Cyt/o | Cell |
| Derm,Dermat/o | Skin |
| Electr/o | Electricity |
| Encephal/o | Brain |
| Enter/o | Intestines |
| Erythr/o | Red |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Glyc/o | Sugar |
| Gnos/o | Knowledge |
| Gynec/o | Woman, Female |
| Hem,Hemat/o | Blood |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| Iatr/o | Treatment, Physician |
| Leuk/o | White |
| Log/o | Study of |
| Nephr, Ren/o | Kidney |
| Onc/o | Tumor |
| Ophthalm/o | Eye |
| Oste/o | Bone |
| Path/o | Disease |
| Ped/o | Child |
| Psych/o | Mind |
| Radi/o | X-rays |
| Rhin/o | Nose |
| Sarc/o | Flesh |
| Thromb/o | Clot, clotting |
| Ur/o | Urinary tract, urine |
| -ac, -al, -ic, -ical | Pertaining to |
| -algia | Pain |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -ectomy | Excision, removal |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -genic | Pertaining to producing, produced by |
| -globin | Protein |
| -gram | Record |
| -ion | Process |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -itis | Inflamation |
| -logy | Process of study |
| -oma | Tumor, mass, swelling |
| -opsy | Process of viewing |
| -osis | Condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | Disease, condition |
| -scope | Instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | Process of visually examining with an endoscope |
| -sis | State of; condition |
| -tomy | Process of cutting, incision |
| -y | process, condition |
| a-/-an | No, not, without |
| aut-/auto- | Self, own |
| dia | through, complete |
| end-/endo | within |
| epi- | above, upon |
| ex-/exo- | out, outside of, outward |
| hyper- | excessive, above more than normal |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
| in- | into, in |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| pro- | before, forward |
| re- | back, backward, again |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| trans- | across, through |