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Ch 13 vocab. 2
Prefixes, suffixes, root words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | away from; without |
| -trophy | process of development |
| troph/o- | development |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| vuls/o- | to tear |
| -ion | action; condition |
| contract/o- | pull together |
| -ure | system; result of |
| fibr/o- | fiber |
| my/o- | muscle |
| alg/o- | pain |
| -ia | condition; state; thing |
| hyper- | above; more than normal |
| extens/o- | straightening |
| flex/o- | bending |
| contus/o- | bruising |
| tort/i- | twisted position |
| inflammat/o- | redness and warmth |
| -collis | condition of the neck |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult; abnormal |
| poly- | many;much |
| asthen/o- | lack of strength |
| -pathy | disease; suffering |
| dermat/o- | skin |
| my/o- myos/o- | muscle |
| rhabd/o- | rod shaped |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| sarc/o- | connective tissue |
| malign/o- | intentionally causing harm; cancer |
| -ancy | state of |
| tax/o- | coordination |
| brady- | slow |
| kines/o- mot/o- | movement |
| -clonus | condition of rapid contracting and relaxing |
| athet/o- | without a position or place |
| -oid | resembling |
| hyper- | above; more than normal |
| -kinesis | condition of movement |
| burs/o- | bursa |
| fasci/o- | fascia |
| ten/o- tendon/o- | tendon |
| synov/o- synovi/o- | synovium (membrane_ |
| anti- | against |
| -body | a structure or thing |
| electr/o- | electricity |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gram | a record or picture |
| mot/o- kines/o- | movement |
| -or | person or thing that produces or does |
| re- | again and again; backward; unable to |
| habilitat/o- | give ability |
| -ectomy | surgical excision |
| -tomy | process of cutting or making an incision |
| ganglion/o- | ganglion |
| bi/o- | life; living organisms; living tissue |
| -opsy | view of |
| incis/o- | to cut into |
| rrhaphy | process of suturing |
| thym/o- | thymus; rage |
| an- | without; not |
| alges/o- | sensation of pain |
| cortic/o- | cortex (outer region) |
| -steroid | steroid |
| relax/o- | relax |
| -ant | pertaining to |
| neur/o- | nerve |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| non- | not |
| -ory | having the function of |
| intra- | within |
| inject/o- | insert; put in |
| therap/o- | treatment |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| oste/o- | bone |
| chir/o- | hand |
| pract/o- | medical practice |
| pod/o- | foot |
| iatr/o- -iatry | physician; medical treatment |
| physi/o- | physical function |