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combining forms, prefix, suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chem/o | chemical |
| cis/o | to cut |
| dermat/o | skin |
| enter/o | small intestines |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gynec/o | female |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hydr/o | water |
| immun/o | immune |
| laryng/o | voice box |
| morph/o | shape |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| ot/o | ear |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| rhin/o | nose |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| bi- | two |
| hemi- | half |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| nulli- | none |
| poly- | many |
| quad- | four |
| semi- | partial, half |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| a- | without,away from |
| an- | without |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | painful,difficult |
| endo- | within,inner |
| epi- | upon,over |
| eu- | normal,good |
| hetero- | different |
| homo- | same |
| hyper- | over,above |
| hypo- | under,below |
| infra- | under,beneath,below |
| inter- | among,between |
| intra- | within,inside |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | beside,beyond,near |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before,in front of |
| pseudo- | false |
| retro- | backward,behind |
| sub- | below,under |
| super- | above,excess |
| supra- | above |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | through,across |
| ultra- | beyond,excess |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia,protrusion |
| -cise | cut |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation |
| -gen | that which produce (what it produces) |
| -genesis | produces,generates(process) |
| -genic | producing, produced by |
| -ia | state,condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ism | state of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement,large |
| -oma | tumor,mass |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasia | development,growth |
| -plasm | formation,development |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage | excessive,abnormal blood flow |
| -rrhea | discharge,flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -trophy | nourishment,development |
| -centesis | puncture to withdraw fluid |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -ostomy | surgically create an opening |
| -otomy | cutting into |
| -pexy | surgical fixation(broken bone) |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -gram | record or picture |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| brachi/o | arm |
| caud/o | tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| crani/o | skull |
| crur/o | leg |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | away from |
| dors/o | back of body |
| epitheli/o | epithelium |
| glute/o | buttock |
| hist/o | tissue |
| infer/o | below |
| later/o | side |
| medi/o | middle |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| neur/o | nerve |
| organ/o | organ |
| oste/o | bone |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| poster/o | back |
| proxim/o | near to |
| pub/o | genital region |
| somat/o | body |
| spin/o | spine |
| super/o | above |
| system/o | system |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ventr/o | belly |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| viscer/o | internal organ |
| albin/o | white |
| bi/o | life |
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| derma/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| electr/o | electricity |
| erythr/o | red |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| itchthy/o | scaly,dry |
| kerat/o | hard,horny |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| pil/o | hair |
| phot/o | light |
| py/o | pus |
| scler/o | hard |
| seb/o | oil |
| trich/o | hair |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| xer/o | dry |
| -derma | skin |
| -opsy | view of |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| allo- | other, different of usual |
| xeno- | strange,foreign |
| ankyl/o | stiff joint |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | sac |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| fasci/o | fibrous band |
| fibr/o | fibers |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lord/o | bent backwards |
| medull/o | inner portion |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| my/o | muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| ped/o | child,foot |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| pod/o | foot |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scoli/o | rooked,bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| stern/o | sternum |
| synovi/o | synovial membrane |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |
| tars/o | ankle |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| thorac/o | chest |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -blast | immature,embryonic |
| -clasia | to surgically break |
| -desis | stabilize,fuse |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -porosis | porous |
| -tonia | tone |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| circum- | around |
| angi/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | fatty substance |
| atri/o | atrium |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coron/o | heart |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| phleb/o | vein |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| steth/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| valv/o | valve |
| valvul/o | valve |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| vas/o | vessel,duct |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| -manometer | instrument to measure pressure |
| -ole | small |
| -ule | small |
| -tension | pressure |
| agglutin/o | clumping |
| bas/o | base |
| chrom/o | color |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| eosin/o | rosy red |
| fibrin/o | fibers,fibrous |
| granul/o | granules |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| immun/o | proctection/immunity |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| neutr/o | neutral |
| path/o | disease |
| phag/o | eat,swallow |
| sanguin/o | blood |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| tox/o | poison |
| -globulin | protein |
| -apheresis | removal,carry away |
| -cytosis | more than the normal number of cells |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -penia | abnormal decrease, too few |
| -phil | attracted to |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -stasis | stand still |
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