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Med Word Building
plurals, prefixes, suffixes, combining forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amygdalo/o | almond shaped structure |
| chemonucle/o | chemical/dissolution |
| cistern/o | reservoir |
| dendr/o | tree, branching |
| plex/o | interweave |
| sulc/o | furrow/ditch |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| phil/o | love, attraction to |
| epidur/o | upon or outside dura mater |
| lamin/a and /o | thin flat plate/layer |
| lob/o | well-defined part of organ |
| rhiz/o | relating to a root |
| thalam/o | brain division/ovoid mass |
| cata- | down |
| listhesis- | slippage |
| ana- | up (anabolism: building up of body substance) |
| blast- | embryonic, immature (as in cell) |
| cata- | down |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| enter/o | intestines |
| hidr/o | sweat (hidropoiesis: formation of sweat) |
| hist/o | tissues |
| -ior | pertaining to (ex. anterior) |
| celi/o | belly, abdomen |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| pylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| amyl/o | starch |
| steat/o | fat |
| -ic | pertaining to (adjective) |
| -eal | pertaining to (adjective) |
| -ac | pertaining to (adjective) |
| -ive | pertaining to (adjective) |
| -al | pertaining to (adjective) |
| -an | pertaining to (adjective) |
| -ar | pertaining to (adjective) |
| -ay | pertaining to (adjective) |
| -able | capable of (adjective) |
| -ible | capable of (adjective) |
| -ia | condition (noun) |
| -iasis | condition (noun) |
| -ism | condition (noun) |
| kerat- | cornea |
| blenn- | mucus |
| noci- | pain, injury |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| -clasis | fracture/break |
| desis | binding or fixation of a bone or joint |
| -icle | small, minute, little |
| -ole | small, minute, little |
| -ula | small, minute, little |
| -ule | small, minute, little |
| -in | not |
| dys- | difficult/abnormal |
| -ine | a substance (endocrine) |
| -tropin | stimulating the function (endocrine) |
| -uria | urine condition (endocrine) |
| oxy- | rapid, sharp (oxytocia: rapid birth) |
| -physis | growth (as in the bone, ex. diaphysis) |
| spir/o | to breathe |
| cytosis | condition of cells |
| -in | not (ex. inability) |
| dys- | difficult/abnormal |
| -asthenia | lacking strength |
| -porosis | porous |
| -schisis | a splitting |
| iso- | equal |
| -latry | worship of |
| -phore | bearer/producer |
| aesthet- | perception (ex. anesthetic is without perception) |
| ast- | star |
| gyro- | circle (gyroscope) |
| helio- | the sun |
| amo/ami- | love |
| fibor- | fiber |
| plic/plex- | interweave, fold (ex. complicated, perplex) |
| furc/o | forking |
| ipsi- | same |
| thec/o | sheath |
| desm/o | fibrous connection, ligament |
| -agra | sudden onslaught of acute pain |
| -emphraxis | obstruction |
| -tocia | childbirth (ex. oxytocia, means rapid childbirth) |
| omo- | shoulder |
| epipl/o | omentum |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle (ex. rhytidectomy or removal of wrinkles) |
| -y | condition or process |
| zo/o | animal life (NOT as in sperm or spermatozoa) |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| myx/o | mucus (ex. myxopoeisis or production of mucus) |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow (as in myelography diagnoses spinal cord/nerve root problems) |
| my/o | muscle |
| iatr/o | physicians, treatment, medicine |
| omphal/o | umbilicus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| phren/o | mind or diaphragm |
| metr/i | uterine tissue |
| articul/o | joint |
| arthr/o | joint |
| roentgen/o | x-ray, as in roentgenology |
| scint/i | spark, as in scintigraphy (note the spelling is with an “i”) |
| cine- | movement, as in cineradiogram |
| -ptysis | spitting (ex. hemoptysis) |
| olig/o | scanty |
| terat/o | monster (ex. teratoma - germ cell tumor such as dermoid cyst) |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| poikil/o | varied, irregular |
| sider/o | iron |
| plasm/o | formation |
| ple/o | more, many |
| rube/o | red |
| scirrh/o | hard |
| myx/o | mucus |
| acr/o | extremity |
| crin/o | secrete |
| kerat/o | hard, horny tissue or cornea |
| myc/o | fungus |
| trich/o | hair |
| pil/o | hair |
| thel/o | nipple |
| squam/o | scaly |
| eosin/o | rosy |
| lute/o | yellow |
| poli/o | gray |
| sudor- | sweat |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| ana- | anew, again, backward |
| apo- | away, off |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -phoresis | carried |
| -poesis | formation |
| aniso- | unequal |
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