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PCOM Medical Term
Chapter 1 Roots & Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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Aden/o | Gland |
Arthr/o | Joint |
Bi/o | Life |
Carcin/o | Cancerous, cancer |
Cardio | Heart |
Cephal/o | Head |
Cerebr/o | Cerebrum(Largest Part of the brain) |
Cis/o | Cut |
Crin/o | to secrete (to form and give off) |
Cyst/o | urinary bladder;a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid) |
Cyt/o | cell |
Derm/o | Skin |
Electr/o | Electricity |
Encephal/o | Brain |
Enter/o | Intestines (usually the small intestine) |
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 |
Leuk/o | white |
Nephr/o | Kidney |
Neur/o | nerve |
Onc/o | tumor |
Ophthalm/o | eye |
Oste/o | Bone |
Path/o | Disease |
Ped/o | Child |
Psych/o | mind |
Radi/o | x-rays |
Ren/o | Kidney |
Rhin/o | nose |
Sarc/o | Flesh |
Sect/o | to cut |
Thromb/o | clot, clotting |
Ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
-ac | pertaining to...cardiac |
-al | pertaining to...neural |
-algia | pain |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-genic | pertaining to producing, produced by; or produced in |
-globin | protein |
-gram | record |
-ic, -ical | pertaining to...gastric or neurological |
-ion | process |
-ist | specialist |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | process of study |
-oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
-opsy | process of viewing |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) |
-pathy | disease condition |
-scope | intrument to visually examine |
-scopy | process of visually examining with an endoscope |
-sis | state of; condition |
-tomy | process of cutting, incision |
-y | process, condition |