chapter 17 word parts Flashcards
eu-
good, normal
hyper-
above, excessive
hypo-
below, under, deficient
oxy-
rapid, sharp, acid
pan-
total, all
para-
around, beside, beyond, abnormal
poly-
many or much
syn-
joined, together
tetr-
four
tri-
three
acr/o
extremities, height
aden/o
gland
adren/o
adrenal glands
adrenal/o
adrenal glands
calc/i
calcium
cortic/o
cortex, outer layer of a body organ
dips/o
thirst
endocrin/o
endocrine
glyc/o
sugar
home/o
sameness
kal/i
potassium
myx/o
mucus
natr/o
sodium
parathyroid/o
parathyroid gland
phys/o
growing
pituitar/o
pituitary gland
somat/o
body
thyr/o
thyroid gland
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
-drome
run, running together
-ectomy
excision, cut out
-emia
in the blood
-ia
condition, abnormal state, diseased state
-ism
state of
-itis
inflammation
-logist
specialist who studies and treats
-logy
study of
-megaly
enlarged, enlargement
-oid
resembling
-oma
tumor
-pathy
disease
-plasia
condition of, formation, development, growth
-tomy
cut into, incision