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Combing Forms, Suffix, Prefix - Terminology
Term | Definition |
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adren/o | adrenal glands |
adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
andr/o | male |
calc/o | calcium |
crin/o | secrete |
chrom/o | colour |
cyt/o | cell |
dips/o | thirst |
glyc/o | sweetness, sugar |
glycos/o | sweetness, sugar |
gluc/o | sweetness, sugar |
glucos/o | sweetness, sugar |
home/o | same, alike |
insulin/o | insulin |
kal/o | potassium |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands |
phe/o | dusky, dark |
pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
thorac/o | chest |
thym/o | thymus gland |
thyr/o | thyroid gland |
thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
toxic/o | poison |
-crine | secrete |
-dipsia | thirst |
-ectomy | excision and removal of |
-emia | blood condition |
-gen | origin, producing, forming |
-genesis | origin, producing, forming |
-gram | record, writing |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ism | condition |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | the study of |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-stasis | remaining still, standing still |
-tomy | incision, to cut |
-toxic | per. to poison |
-tropin | stimulate |
-uria | urine |
endo- | in, within |
eu- | good, normal |
exo- | outside, outward |
hyper- | excessive, above normal |
hypo- | deficient, below normal |
poly- | many, much |