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Med Term Ch 1&2
prefixes,word roots with combining forms and suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | no,not,without,lack of,apart |
| ad- | toward,near,to |
| bi- | two,double |
| de- | down,away from |
| di- | two,double |
| dia- | through,between |
| dif- | apart,free from,separate |
| dys- | bad,difficult,painful |
| ec-,ecto- | out,outside,outer |
| end-,endo- | within,inner |
| ep-,epi- | upon,over,above |
| eu- | good,normal |
| ex-,exo- | out,away from |
| extra- | outside,beyond |
| hyper | above,beyond,excessive |
| hypo- | below,under,deficient |
| in- | in,into,not |
| mega- | large,great |
| meta- | beyond,over,between,change |
| para- | beside,alongside,abnormal |
| poly- | many,much,excessive |
| post- | after,behind |
| pre- | before,in front of |
| pro- | before, in front of |
| super- | above, beyond |
| supra- | above,beyond |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| aden/o | gland |
| andr/o | men |
| angi/o | vessel |
| vas/o | vessel |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (part of the brain) |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastro/o | stomach |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gyne | woman |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| ile/o | ileum (small intestine) |
| irid/o | iris (eye) |
| kerat/o | cornea of eye;horny substance |
| lamina, lamin/o | thin,flat part of vertebra |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| lingua | tounge |
| lob/o | lobe,as of lung or brain |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow;spinal cord |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| orchi/o | testicle |
| orchid/o | testicle |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pneum/o | lungs (air or gas) |
| proct/o | rectum |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| pyel/o | pelvis of kidney |
| rect/o | rectum and /or anus |
| ren/i | renal (kidney) |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| steth/o | chest |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| ten/o | tendon |
| thorac/a | thorax (chest) |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| trache/o | trachea |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| appendage | attached to or outgrowth |
| ven/i | vein |
| -age | related to |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -cid | kill |
| -cis | cut,kill,excise |
| -clasis | to break down,refracture |
| -desis | binding,stabilization |
| -ectomy | excision,removal |
| -iatry | healing (by a physician) |
| -ion | process |
| -lysis | loosen,free from adhesion, destruction |
| -osis | condition of |
| -os/tomy | mouth,forming an opening |
| -pexy | fixation,suspension |
| -plasty | formation,plastic repair |
| -stasis | stop/control |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision,to cut into |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia,swelling |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation,expansion |
| -emia | blood |
| -gen | producing,begining |
| -gram | record,picture |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iasis | abnromal condtion,formation of,presence of |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -ology | study of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oid | resemble |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease,deficiency |
| -phagia | eating,swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | prolapse,falling,dropping |
| -rrhage | burst forth, hemmorrhage |
| -rrhea | discharge,flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scopy | examination,view |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction,twitchin gof a muscle |
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