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LM - Chapter 1 A
Combining Forms, Suffixes, Prefixes
Question | Answer |
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aden/o | gland |
arthr/o | joint |
bio/o | life |
carcin/o | cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
cephal/o | cerebrum |
cis/o | to cut |
crin/o | secrete (to form and give off) |
cyst/o | bladder |
derm/o or dermat/o | skin |
elect/o | electricity |
encephal/o | brain |
enter/o | intestines (usually small) |
erythr/o | red |
gastr/o | stomach |
gnos/o | knowledge |
gynec/o | woman/female |
hemat/o or hem/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
iatr/o | treatment |
leuko/o | white |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
onc/o | tumor |
opthalm/o | eye |
oste/o | bone |
path/o | disease |
ped/o | child |
psych/o | mind |
radi/o | x-rays |
ren/o | kidney |
rhin/o | nose |
sacr/o | flesh |
sect/o | to cut |
thromb/o | clot, clotting |
ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | exision, removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-genic | pertaining to producing |
-gram | record |
-ic, -ical | pertaining to |
-ion | process |
-ist | specialist |
-logy | study of |
-oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
-opsy | process of viewing |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease condition |
-scope | instrument to visually examine |
-scopy | process of visually examining |
-sis | state of |
-tomy | process of cutting |
-y | process, condition |
-um | structure |
a-, an- | no, not without |
auto- | self |
dia- | through, complete |
endo- | within |
epi- | above |
ex- | cut |
exo- | out |
hyper- | excessive, above, more then normal |
hypo- | deficient, below, under, less then normal |
in- | into, in |
peri- | surrounding, above |
pro- | before, forward |
re- | back, backward, again |
retro- | behind |
sub- | below, under |
trans- | across, through |
hemi- | half |