KSPT Pre,suf, & rts Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
-ac | pertaining to |
aden/o- | gland |
-al | pertaining to |
albumin/o- | protein |
-algia | pain |
ankyl/o- | crooked or stiff |
-ar/y | pertaining to |
-asthenia | weakness |
ather/o- | fatty paste |
brady- | slow |
-cele | pouching/hernia |
celi/o | abdomen |
chol/e | bile |
chondr/o | cartilage (gristle) |
con- | together or with |
cyan/o | blue |
cyst/o | bladder or sac |
dactyl/o | digit (finger or toe) |
de- | from, down, or not |
dextr/o | right; on the right side |
dia- | across or through |
diaphor/o | profuse sweat |
dis- | separate from or apart |
dips/o | thirst |
duct/o | to lead/carry |
-dynia | pain |
dys- | painful, difficulty, or faulty |
ec-/ecto- | outside |
emesis | vomiting |
-ema | condition |
-emia | blood condition |
en, endo- | within |
erythem/o | flushed; redness |
erythr/o | red |
esthesi/o, -esthesia | nervous sensation |
eti/o | cause |
eu- | good or normal |
-eurysm | widening |
fasci/o | fascia (membrane) |
flav/o | yellow |
-gen | substance that produces |
-genic | produced by or in |
-globin | protein |
gloss/o | tongue |
gnos/o | knowledge |
goni/o | angle |
-gram | record |
-graphy | process of recording |
gravid/o | pregnancy |
hepato/hepatico | liver |
hist/o | tissue |
-holo | entire; complete |
hyster/o | uterus; womb |
-ia | condition of |
-iac | pertaining to |
-iasis | formation of or presence of |
-iatr/o | physician; treatment |
-iatry | treatment |
-ic/-ical | pertaining to |
idi/o | unknown; individual; distinct |
in- | in; into; not |
-in | a substance |
is/o | equal, same |
isch/o | to hold back; back |
-ism | process; condition |
-ist | one who specializes in |
juxta- | near |
jaund/o | yellow |
kyph/o | humpback |
labi/o | lip |
lapar/o | abdomen |
-lapse | to slide, fall, sag |
-leptic | to seize; take hold of |
leuk/o | white |
levo- | left |
lex/o | word; phrase |
-lexia | word; phrase |
lien/o | spleen |
lith/o | stone; calculus |
lord/o | curve; bend |
lux/o | to slide |
-lysis | breaking down; separation; loosening |
-lytic | reduce, destroy, separate, break down |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
meso- | middle |
meta- | beyond, change |
-motor | movement |
my/o | muscle |
myc/o | fungus |
myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
narc/o | numbness; stupor; sleep |
neutr/o | neither; neutral |
noci- | to cause harm, injury, pain |
norm/o | rule; order |
ocul/o | eye |
-oid | resembling |
-ole | small |
-oma | tumor; mass |
onc/o | tumor |
-one | hormone |
-opia | vision condition |
-opsy | view of |
orth/o | straight, normal, or correct |
-osis | condition (usu abnormal) |
-ous | pertaining to |
-oxia | oxygen |
palp/o | to touch gently |
palpit/o | flutter; throbbing |
pan- | all |
par- | other than; abnormal |
para- | alongside of OR abnormal |
-paresis | weakness |
-pathy | disease; emotion |
pector/o | chest |
ped/o | child or foot |
pelv/i, pelv/o | hip; pelvis |
-penia | abnormal reduction |
per- | through |
phag/o | eat; swallow |
pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
-phasia | speech |
phleb/o | vein |
-philia | attraction for |
phon/o | voice; sound |
phren/o | diaphragm |
physi/o | physical, nature |
-physis | to grow |
-plasia | development; formation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
pleur/o | pleura |
-pnea | breathing |
pneum/o | air or lung |
pod/o | foot |
-porosis | condition of pores (spaces) |
-praxia | action |
psych/o | mind |
-ptosis | droop; sag; prolapse; protrude |
pulmun/o | lung |
radi/o | radius; radiation |
radicul/o | nerve root |
re- | again or back |
ren/o | kidney |
rhin/o | nose |
roentgen/o | x-rays |
-rrhage/ia | bursting forth (blood) |
-rrhea | flow; discharge |
rubr/o, rubr/l | red |
schiz/o | split, division |
scler/o | hard or sclera |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument for examination |
-scopy | visual examination |
sect/o | to cut |
seps/o | infection |
sept/o | partiton |
sinus/o | hollow (cavity) |
-sis | state of; condition |
somn/o | sleep |
spasm | involuntary contraction |
splanchno | viscera (internal organs) |
sphygm/o | pulse |
spir/o | breathing |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
-stalsis | contraction |
-stasis | stop; control; place |
-static | stopping; controlling |
-stenosis | tightening; stricture |
steth/o | chest |
-sthenia | strength |
stomat/o | mouth |
-stomy | creation of an opening |
super- | above; excessive |
sym- | together; with |
symptom/o | occurrence |
syn- | together; with |
tachy- | fast/rapid |
tax/o | coordination |
ten/o | tendon |
-tension | pressure |
tens/o | stretched, strained |
thalam/o | thalamus (a room) |
therm/o | heat |
thromb/o | clot |
-tropia | to turn |
-thymic/-ia | mind (condition of) |
-tic | pertaining to |
tom/o | to cut |
-tomy | cutting; incision |
tans- | across; through |
trich/o | hair |
-tripsy | to crush |
-trophy | nourishment; development |
-ule | little; small |
ur/o | urine |
-uresis | urination |
-uria | condition of urine |
vag/o | vagus (nerve) |
varic/o | swollen or twisted vein |
vas/o | vessel; duct |
-version | to turn |
vesic/o | urinary bladder |
vestibul/o | vestibule of inner ear |
-volemia | blood volume |
xen/o | strange |
xer/o | dry |
-y | condition; process |
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