Chapter 1 Flashcards
Suffix
Word ending
-ac
Pertaining to
-al
Pertaining to
-algia
Pain
-cyte
Cell
-ectomy
Excision, removal
-emia
Blood condition
-genic
Pertaining to producing
-globin
Protein
-gram
Record
-ic, -ical
Pertaining to
-ion
Process
-ist
Specialist
-itis
Inflammation
-logy
Process of study
-oma
Tumor, mass, swelling
-opsy
Process of viewing
-osis
Condition,usually abnormal
-pathy
Disease condition
-scope
Instrument to visually examine
-scopy
Process of visually examining
-sis
State of; condition
-tomy
Process of cutting; incision
-y
Process, condition
Prefixes
Word beginning
a-, an-
No, not, without
aut-, auto-
Self, own
dia-
Complete,through
endo-
Within
epi-
Above,upon
Ex-, exo-
Out, outside of, outward
Hyper-
Excessive, above, more than normal
Hypo-
Deficient, below, under, less than normal
In-
Into, in
Peri-
Surrounding
Pro-
Before, forward
Re-
Back, backward, again
Retro-
Behind
Sub-
Below, under
Trans-
Across, through