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Chapter 3
Combining forms, suffixes, prefixes, & terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point |
| acu/o | sharp, sudden, severe |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chem/o | chemical, drug |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | large intestine, colon |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| encephal/o | brain |
| erythr/o | red |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hydr/o | fluid, water |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | voice box, larynx |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necr/o | death (of cells or the whole body) |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerves |
| neutr/o | neutrophil (type of WBC) |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| Ophthalmo/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| sarc/o | flesh, muscle |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| ven/o | vein |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus (singular) -cocci (plural) | berry shaped bacterium |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | to cut out, remove, resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | condition of producing, formation of |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for making a recording |
| -graphy | the process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, destruction |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -penia | deficiency, lack of |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | sagging, drooping, prolapse |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examinations |
| -scopy | the process of visually examining something |
| -stasis | controlling, stopping |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | to cut into, incision |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -er | one who |
| -ia | condition |
| -ist | specialist, MD |
| -ole | small, little |
| -ule | little, small |
| -um -ium | structure, tissue |
| -us | structure, substance |
| -y | condition, process |
| -ac, -iac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by or produced in |
| -ic -ical | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling, derived from |
| -ose | pertaing to, full of |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| abdominocentesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid from the abdomen |
| achondroplasia | No (improper) development of cartilage |
| acromegaly | Enlargement of extremities |
| acrophobia | Fear of heights. |
| agoraphobia | Fear of being in open, crowded spaces (marketplace) |
| acute | sudden onset |
| adenoids | Collections of lymphatic tissue resembling (-oid) glands (-aden) in the throat, type of tonsil. |
| adipose | pertaining to fat |
| aminocentesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid from the aminionic sac |
| anemia | lack of RBCs or of hemoglobin |
| angiography | Process of recording (x-ray imaging) blood vessels |
| angiogenesis | Formation of blood vessels. |
| angioplasty | surgical repair of a vessel |
| arteriole | small artery |
| arteriosclerosis | hardening of the arteries |
| arthralgia | pain in a joint |
| atrophy | No development; wasting away of tissue. |
| axillary | pertaining to the armpit |
| basophil | type of WBC that stains blue with a base dye |
| biopsy | to examine cells or tissue under a microscope |
| blepharoptosis | sagging or drooping eyelids |
| bronchitis | inflammation of the bronchial tubes |
| carcinogenesis | Condition of producing cancer |
| carcinogenic | Pertaining to producing cancer |
| cardiac | pertaining to the heart |
| cardiomyopathy | disease of the heart muscle |
| chemotherapy | treatment using chemicals or drugs |
| chondromalacia | softening of the cartilage |
| chronic | Long-term; over a long period |
| colostomy | new opening to the colon |
| cystocele | hernia of the urinary bladder |
| electroencephalogram | record of the brain's electrical activity |
| electroencephalograph | the instrument used to make a record of the brain's electrical activity |
| electroencephalography | process of using the instrument to make a recording of the brain's electrical activity |
| eosinophil | WBC that strains red with a dye |
| erythrocyte | red blood cell |
| erythropenia | deficiency of red blood cell |
| esophagus | Muscular tube carrying food from the throat to the stomach |
| hematoma | collection of blood |
| hemolysis | breakdown of blood |
| hemostasis | stopping blood flow |
| hydronephrosis | Abnormal condition of water (found) in the kidney |
| hydrotherapy | treatment using water |
| hypertrophy | Excessive development |
| inguinal | groin region |
| ischemia | groin |
| laparoscope | instrument used to view inside the abdomen |
| laparoscopy | the process of viewing inside the abdomen |
| laparotomy | to cut into the abdomen |
| laryngeal | larynx, voice box |
| laryngectomy | removal of the larynx |
| leukemia | cancerous white blood cell condition |
| leukocyte | white blood cell |
| leukocytosis | Abnormal condition (slight increase in numbers) of normal white blood cells |
| lymphocyte | white blood cell that is responsible for immune reactions |
| mammogram | record of the breast tissue |
| mastectomy | removal of 1 or both of the breast |
| metastasis | Beyond control; spreading of a cancerous tumor |
| monocyte | large white blood cell that eats foreign material |
| morphology | study of a shape (cell) |
| mucoid | resembling mucus |
| myalgia | muscle pain |
| myelitis | inflammation of the spinal cord |
| myeloma | tumor of bone marrow |
| myoma | muscle tumor |
| myosarcoma | malignant tumor of muscle |
| necropsy | Autopsy or postmortem examination |
| necrosis | abnormal condition of death (of cells), decay |
| necrotic | death |
| nephrologist | specialist in the treatment of the kidneys |
| nephropathy | disease of the kidney |
| neuralgia | nerve pain |
| neutropenia | deficiency of neutrophils |
| neutrophil | type of white blood cell that eat bacteria |
| ophthalmology | study of the eyes |
| osteogenic | produced in bone |
| osteomalacia | softening of the bone |
| otalgia | ear ache |
| paracentesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid from the abdomen |
| pathogenesis | condition of producing disease |
| pathologic | pertaining to the study of disease |
| pericardium | membrane that surrounds the heart |
| peritoneal | Pertaining to the peritoneum |
| phlebotomy | incision into a vein |
| platelet | clotting cell |
| pleural | Pertaining to the pleura |
| pleurodynia | pain in the pleura |
| pneumonia | pertaining to the lungs |
| polymorphonuclear leukocyte | white blood cell with a nucleus that has multiple lobes |
| ptosis | drooping, sagging, falling forward |
| pulmonary | pertaining to lungs |
| radiographer | person that operates x-ray equipment |
| radiotherapy | treatment using radiation |
| rectocele | hernia of the rectum |
| splenomegaly | enlargement of the spleen |
| staphylococci | cluster shapes of berry shaped bacteria |
| streptococcus | twisted chains of bacterium |
| thoracentesis | surgical puncture of the thorax to remove fluid |
| thrombocyte | clotting cell, platelet |
| thrombocytopenia | deficiency of platelets, clotting cells |
| thrombophlebitis | inflammation of a vein due to a clot |
| tonsillar | pertaining to the tonsils |
| tonsillitis | inflammation of the tonsils |
| tracheostomy | new opening of the trachea |
| tracheotomy | to cut the trachea |
| venule | small vein |
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