Question | Answer |
-algia | pain
neur/algia- nerve/pain |
-audi; -audio | hear; hearing
audio/meter- hearing/meter |
bio- | to live
bio/logy- study of living |
cau-; caus- | to burn
caus/algia- burning/pain |
-centesis | puncture; perforate
pneumono/centesis- lung/punture |
-clas; -clast; -clasis | to smash; breakdown
cyto/clasis- cell/breakdown |
-duct-; -doch- | canal or to draw
ab/duct/ion- away/draw or lead/ process |
-dynia | pain
thoraco/dynia - chest/pain |
-ecta; ectasis | to dialate
vas/ectasis- vessel/dialated |
-edem- | to swell
lymph/edema- watery/swelling |
-ethes/ia; -phoro- | to feel (physical) to sense (mental)
an/esthesia- without/body feeling (weakness)
eu/phoria- good mental feeling |
-fiss-; -schiz- | to split
fiss/ion- splitting/process of |
-flec; -flex- | to bend
re/flex- again/bend |
flu-; flux- | to flow
af/flu/ent- toward/flow/refers to
re/flux- again/flow |
-gen | to produce, form, develop, or begin
carcino/gen/esis- crab leg like/development/condition |
-iatr; -iatr/o; -therap/y | to treat; cure
ger/iatr/ics- old age/cure/procedure |
-kine-; -kino-; kineso- -praxia | to move
kinesi/ol/og/y- study of motion/procedure of |
-liga; -desis | to bind
liga/ment- to bind/smallness |
-o/log/y | to study
cardi/o/log/y- study of/science or study of/process of |
-ly-; -lysis | to break up; to dissolve
auto/lysis- cell self-destruction |
-morph-; -morpho- | form; shape
a/morph/ous- no definite form/refers to |
olfact-; -osmia | to smell
olfacto/phobia- fear of smells |
-op-; opt-; -opto; -opsy | vision; sightl or to see
my/opia- near-sighted
bi/o/psy- live/viewing |
palpit- | to flutter
palpit/ation- flutter/ refers to |
-par; -part; -partus-; -toci- | to labor
partur/ition- giving birth/process of
dys/toc/ia- act of difficult/birth/refers to |
-pep- | to digest
dys/pep/sia- faulty/disgestion/refers to |
-pexy | to fix
nerph/o/pex/y- kidney/surgical fixation/procedure of |
-phag-; -phago- | to eat
phago/cytosis- eating/cells increase |
-phas- | to speak; utter
dys/phas/ia- difficulty/speakng/ refers to |
-phil- | to like; love; affinity for
hemo/phil/iac- blood/love/refers to |
-phob- | to fear
hydro/phob/ia- water/fear/refers to |
-phrag- | fence off; to wall off
dia/phragm- across/partition acoss |
-plas;-plasm; -plast/y
-pleg- | repair; form; to grow
rhino/plasty- nose/repairing
neo/plasm- new/growth |
-pnea | to breathe
lack of/ breathing |
phono | voice or sound
a/phon/ia- lack of/voice or sound/refers to |
-poie- | to make
hemat/o/poie/sis- blood making condition |
-ptosis | to fall to droop
splanchn/o/ptosis- viscera/drooping |
o/rrhagia | to burst forth; pour
men/o/rrhagia- abnormal bleeding mentration/ refers to |
-o/rrhaphy | to stuture
nephr/o/rrhaph/y- suture or sewing procedure of |
-therp/y | heal; treat; cure
chem/o/therp/y- chemicals/cure/procedure of |
-tomy | to cut; in/cise
append/ec/tom/y- appendage/out/cut/refers to |
-troph-; -troph/y | to nourish; to develop; formation process
hyper/troph/y- increase/in size or over-nourishment/process of |
-volvo- | to turn; twist
volv/ulus- twisting of internal part/refers to |
-vulvo- | to cover
vulv/us- female gential covering/refers to |