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Turley's Medical Language Chapter 1
Combining form(s) | Meaning |
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appendic/o | appendix |
arthr/o | joint |
cardi/o | heart |
cutane/o | skin |
esthes/o | sensation, feeling |
gastr/o | stomach |
hepat/o | liver |
laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
mast/o | breast; mastoid process |
nas/o | nose |
nat/o | birth |
neur/o | nerve |
pneumon/o | lung; air |
psych/o | mind |
retin/o | retina (of the eye) |
hemat/o | blood |
tonsill/o | tonsil |
trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
urin/o | urine; urinary system |
ven/o | vein |
-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-ation | a process; being or having |
-ous | pertaining to |
-tic | pertaining to |
-ia | condition, state, thing |
-ion | action; condition |
-ism | process; disease from a specific cause |
-itis | inflammation of |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor, mass |
-osis | condition; abnormal condition; process |
-pathy | disease, suffering |
-ectomy | surgical excision |
-graphy | process of recording |
-scopy | process of using an instrument to examine |
-iatry | medical treatment |
-itian | a skilled professional or expert |
-logy | the study of |
endo- | innermost, within |
intra- | within |
peri- | around |
sub- | below; underneath; less than |
an- | without, not |
hyper- | above; more than normal |
hypo- | below; deficient |
poly- | many, much |
brady- | slow |
pre- | before, in front of |
post- | after, behind |
tachy- | fast |
anti- | against |
dys- | painful, difficult, abnormal |