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HCP101 part 2
combining/prefixes/suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | before, front |
| caud/o | lower part of the body, tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| cyt/o, cyte | cell |
| hist/o, histi/o | tissue |
| path/o, -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| plas/i, plas/o -plasia | development, growth, formation |
| poster/o | behind, toward the backq |
| -stasis, -static | control, maintenance of constant level |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| oste/o | bone |
| neur/o | nerve |
| arthr/o | joint |
| -algia | pain and suffering |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone |
| synovi/o, synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| -um | singular noun ending |
| -lysis | loosening or setting free |
| scoli/o | curved, bent |
| ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
| chondr/i, chondr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| -densis | to bind, tie together |
| kyph/o | bent, hump |
| lord/o | curve, sway back bent |
| bi- | twice, double, two |
| -fasci/o, | fascia, fibrous band |
| fibr/o | fibrous tissue, fiber |
| -ia | abnormal condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| my/o | muscle |
| tax/o | coordination, order |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon, stretch out, extend |
| ton/o | tone, stretching, tension |
| tri- | three |
| cele- | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| kines/o, kinesi/o | movement |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
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