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Mohammed/Chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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gen/o | creation, cause (pathogenic) |
hydr/o | water (hydrophobia, hydration) |
morph/o | change (morphology) |
myc/o | fungus (dermatomycosis) |
necr/o | death (necrosis) |
orth/o | straight (orthodontist) |
path/o | suffering, disease (pathology0 |
phag/o | eat (aphagia) |
plas/o | formation (hyperplasia) |
py/o | pus (pyorrhea ) ( pyemia |
scler/o | hard (scleroderma) |
sten/o | narrowing (stenosis) |
troph/o | nourishment, development (hypertrophy) |
xen/o | forign ( |
xer/o | dry |
-ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -tic, -ous | pertaining to |
-ia, -ism, | condition |
-ium | tissue, structure |
-y | condition, procedure |
-icle, -ole, -ule, ula | small |
-iatrics, -iatry | medical science |
-iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
-ist | specialist |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | study of |
-algia, -dynia | pain |
-cele | hernia (a bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn't belong) |
-emia | blood condition |
-iasis | presence of |
-itis | inflamation |
-lysis | loosen, break down |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megaly | enlargment |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive flow |
-rrhea | flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
-centesis | puncture |
-gram | written record |
-graph | instrument used to produce a record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-metry | process of measuring |
-scope | instrument used to look |
-scopy | process of looking |
-desis | binding, fixation |
-ectomy | removal |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | reconstruction |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-stomy | creation of an opening |
-tomy | incision |
-a | vertebra |
-ax | thorax |
-ex | cortex |
-ix | appendix |
-is | neurosis |
-ma | sarcoma, carcinoma |
-on | spermatozoon, ganglion |
-um | datum, bacterium, ovum |
-us | nucleus, alveolus, thrombus |
-y | biopsy, myopathy |
-a, ay, an, an | not |
anti-, contra- | against |
de- | down, away from |
ante-, pre- | before |
pro- | before, on behalf of |
brady- | slow |
tachy- | fast |
post- | after |
re- | again |
ab- | away |
ad- | toword |
circum, peri- | around |
dia-, trans- | through |
e-, ec-, ex- | out |
ecto-, exo-, extra | outside |
en-, endo-, intra- | in, inside |
epi- | upon |
sub- | beneath |
inter | between |
bi- | two |
hemi-, semi- | half |
hyper- | over |
hypo- | under |
macro- | large |
micro- | small |
mono-, uni- | one |
oligo- | few |
pan- | all |
poly-, multi- | many |
con-, syn-, sym- | with, together |
dys- | bad |
eu- | good |
Combining vowels are used to: | Join a root to any suffix beginning with a consonant– Join two roots together– Joint two roots together even when the second root begins with a vowel |