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HIM361 Test 1

Medical Terminology Chapters 1-4 Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

Term	Definition
aden/o	gland
arthr/o	joint
bi/o	life
carcin/o	cancer, cancerous
cardi/o	heart
cephal/o	head
cerebr/o	cerebrum (largest part of brain)
cis/o	to cut
crin/o	to secrete (to form and give off) `
cyst/o	urinary bladder a sac or a cyst
cyt/o	cell
derm/o	skin
dermat/o	skin
electr/o	electricity
encephal/o	brain
enter/o	intestines (usually small)
erythr/o	red
gastr/o	stomach
glyc/o	sugar
gnos/o	knowledge
gynec/o	woman, female
hemat/o	blood
hem/o	blood
hepat/o	liver
iatr/o	process condition
leuk/o	white
log/o	study
nephr/o	kidney
neur/o	nerve
onc/o	tumor (cancerous)
ophthalm/o	eye
oste/o	bone
path/o	disease
ped/o	child foot
psych/o	mind
radi/o	x-rays
ren/o	kidney
rhin/o	nose
sarc/o	flesh (connective tissue)
sect/o	to cut
thromb/o	clot, clotting
ur/o	urinary tract, urine
-ac	pertaining to
-al	pertaining to
-algia	pain
-cyte	cell
-ectomy	to cut back, resection, removal, excision
-emia	blood condition
-genic	pertaining to produced by, produced in, producing
-globin	protein
-gram	record
-ic	pertaining to
-ical	pertaining to
-ion	process
-ist	specialist
-itis	inflammation
-logy	complex suffix log/y process of studying
-oma	tumor, mass, swelling
-opsy	process of viewing
-osis	condition (usually abnormal) blood cells slightly increased in #
-pathy	disease, condition
-scope	instrument to visually examine
-scopy	process of visually examining
-sis	state of, condition
-tomy	incision, process of cutting into
-y	process, condition
-ism	process, condition
-um	structure
a-	no, not, without
aut-	self/own
dia-	complete, through
endo-	within
epi-	above, upon, outer
ex-	out, outside of, outward
an-	no, not, without
auto-	self/own
exo-	out, outside of, outward
hyper-	excessive, above, more than normal
hypo-	deficient, below, under, less than normal
in-	into, in
peri-	surrounding, around
pro-	before, forward
re-	back, backward, again
retro-	behind
sub-	below, under
trans-	across, through
abdomin/o	abdomen
adip/o	fat
anter/o	front
cervic/o	neck (body or uterus)
chondr/o	cartilage
chrom/o	color
coccyg/o	coccyx
crani/o	skull
dist/o	far, distant
dors/o	back portion of the body
hist/o	tissue
ili/o	ilium
inguin/o	groin
kary/o	nucleus
later/o	side
lumb/o	lower back
medi/o	middle
nucle/o	nucleus
pelv/i	pelvis
pharyng/o	pharynx
poster/o	back, behind
proxim/o	nearest
sacr/o	sacrum
spin/o	spine, backbone
thel/o	nipple
theli/o	nipple
thorac/o	chest
trache/o	trachea
umblic/o	navel, umbilicus
ventr/o	belly side of the body
vertebr/o	vertebra(e)
viscer/o	internal organs
ana-	up
cata-	down
inter-	between
intra-	within
meta-	change
-eal	pertaining to
-iac	pertaining to
-ior	pertaining to
-ism	process, condition
-ose	pertaining to full of
-plasm	formation
-somes	bodies
-type	picture or classification
acr/o	extremities, top, extreme point
acu/o	sharp, sever, sudden
bol/o	to cast, throw
amni/o	amnion (sac surrounding embryo in the uterus)
angi/o	vessel
arteri/o	artery
axill/o	armpit
blephar/o	eyelid
bronch/o	bronchial tubes (tubes that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
chem/o	drug, chemical
col/o	colon (small intestine)
hydr/o	water, fluid
isch/o	to hold back
lapr/o	abdomen, abdominal wall
lymph/o	lymph (clear fluid bathes tissue spaces and is contained in lymph vessels and nodes over the entire body)
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 (cells or body)
neutr/o	neutrophil (a white blood cell)
opi/o	opium
ot/o	ear
peritone/o	peritoneum
phag/o	to eat, swallow
phleb/o	vein
plas/o	formation, development,
pleur/o	pleura (membrane surrounding the lungs and adjacent to the chest wall)
pneumon/o	lungs
pulmon/o	lungs
rect/o	rectum
splen/o	spleen
staphyl/o	clusters
strept/o	twisted chains
tonsill/o	tonsills
ven/o	vein
-cele	hernia
-centesis	puncture to remover fluid
-coccus	berry-shaped bacterium
-cocci	berry-shaped bacteria (plural)
-dynia	pain
-graph	instrument for recording
-graphy	process for recording
-lysis	breakdown, destruction, seperation
-malacia	softening
-megaly	enlargement
-penia	deficiency
-phobia	fear
-plasia	development, formation, growth
-plasty	surgical repair
-ptosis	drooping, falling, prolapse
-rrhea	flow, discharge
-sclerosis	hardening
-stasis	controlling, stopping
-stomy	opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-therapy	treatment
-trophy	development, nourishment
-er	one who
-ia	condition
-oid	resembling, derived from
-ole	small, little
-ule	little, small
-um	structure, tissue
-ium	structure, tissue
-us	structure, substance
-iac	pertaining to
-ar	pertaining to
-ary	pertaining to
-ous	pertaining to
-tic	pertaining to
carp/o	wrist bones
cis/o	to cut
cost/o	rib
cutane/o	skin
dacyl/o	fingers and toes
duct/o	lead, carry
flex/o	bend
furc/o	branching
gloss/o	tongue
glyc/o	sugar
immun/o	protection
morph/o	shape, form
mort/o	death
nat/i	birth
norm/o	rule, order
ox/o	oxygen
pub/o	pubis
seps/o	infection
somn/o	sleep
son/o	sound
tens/o	force, strain, stretch
the/o	put, place
thel/o	nipple
theli/o	nipple
thyr/o	thyroid gland, shield
top/o	place, position, location
tox/o	poison
trache/o	trachea
urethr/o	urethra
-crine	to secrete
-drome	run
-fusion	coming together to pour
-gen	substance that produces
-lapse	slide, fall, sag
-lysis	breakdown, destruction, seperation
-meter	measure
-mission	send
-or	one who
-oxia	oxygen
-partum	birth, labor
-phoria	bear, carry, feeling (mental state)
-physis	grow
-plasia	growth, development, formation
-plasm	structure or formation
-pnea	breathing
-ptom	happening, occurance
-ptosis	falling, drooping, sagging
-rrhea	flow, discharge
-stasis	stopping, controlling
-trophy	development, nourishment
ab-	away from
ad-	toward
ana-	up, apart
ante-	before, forward
anti-	against
bi-	two
brady-	slow
cata-	down
con-	with, together
contra-	against, opposite
de-	down, lack of
dia-	through complete
dys-	abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
ec-	out, outside
epi-	upon, on, above
eu-	good, normal
hemi-	half
in-	not into, within
infra-	beneath, under
inter-	between
intra-	within, in, into
macro-	large
mal-	bad
meta-	beyond, change
micro-	small
neo-	new
pan-	all
para-	abnormal near, beside
per-	through
peri-	surrounding
poly-	many, much
post-	after, behind
pre-	before, in front of
pro-	before, forward
pros-	before, forward
re-	back, again
retro-	behind, backward
sub-	under
supra-	above, upper
syn-	together, with
sym-	together, with
tachy-	fast
trans-	through, across
ultra-	beyond, excess
uni-	one

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