Chapter 2 Flashcards
Singular: -a
Plural: -ae
Singular: -is
Plural: -es
Singular: -ma
Plural: -mata
Singular: -on
Plural: -a
Singular: -um
Plural: -a
Singular: -us
Plural: -i
Singular: -ax
Plural: -aces
Singular: -ex
Plural: -ices
Singular: -ix
Plural: -ices
Singular: -y
Plural: -ies
a-
an-
without
anti-
contra-
against or opposed to
de-
from, down, or not
ab-
away from
ad-
to, toward, or near
circum-
peri-
around
dia-
trans-
across or through
e-
ec-
ex-
out or away
ecto-
exo-
extra-
outside
en-
endo-
intra-
within
epi-
upon
inter-
between
meso-
middle
meta-
beyond, alter, or change
para-
alongside of or abnormal
retro-
backward or behind
sub-
infra-
below or under
bi-
two or both
hemi-
semi-
half
hyper-
above or excessive
hypo-
below or deficient
macro-
large or long
micro-
small
mono-
uni-
one
oligo-
few or deficient
pan-
all
poly-
multi-
many
quadri-
four
super-
supra-
above or excessive
tri-
three
ultra-
beyond or excessive
ante-
pre-
pro-
before
brady-
slow
tachy-
fast
post-
after or behind
re-
again or back
con-
syn-
sym-
together or with
dys-
painful, difficult, or faulty
eu-
good or normal
neo-
new
abdomin/o
lapar/o
abdomen
acr/o
extremity or topmost
aden/o
gland
aer/o
air or gas
angi/o
vas/o
vascul/o
vessel
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
cephal/o
head
cyan/o
blue
cyt/o
cell
derm/o
dermat/o
cutane/o
skin
dextr/o
right or on the right side
erythr/o
red
fibr/o
fiber
gastr/o
stomach
gen/o
origin or production
gluc/o
glucos/o
glyc/o
sugar
hem/o
hemat/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
hydr/o
water
leuk/o
white
lip/o
fat
lith/o
stone
melan/o
black
morph/o
form
nas/o
rhin/o
nose
necr/o
death
or/o
mouth
orth/o
straight, normal, or correct
oste/o
bone
path/o
disease
ped/o
child or foot
phob/o
exaggerated fear or sensitivity
phon/o
voice or sound
plas/o
formation
pod/o
foot
psych/o
mind
py/o
pus
ren/o
nephr/o
kidney
scler/o
hard
sinistr/o
left or on the left side
son/o
sound
sten/o
narrow
therm/o
heat
tox/o
toxic/o
poison
troph/o
nourishment or development
ur/o
urin/o
urine
- algia
- dynia
pain
-genesis
origin or production
-lysis
breaking down or dissolution
-megaly
enlargement
-oid
resembling
-penia
abnormal reduction
-rrhea
discharge
-spasm
involuntary contraction
-cele
pouching or hernia
-ectasis
expansion or dilation
-emia
blood condition
-iasis
formation or presence of
-itis
inflammation
-malacia
softening
-oma
tumor
-osis
condition or increase
- phil
- philia
attraction for
-ptosis
falling or downward displacement
- rrhage
- rrhagia
to burst forth (usually blood)
-rrhexis
rupture
-centesis
puncture for aspiration
-desis
binding
-ectomy
excision or removal
-pexy
suspension or fixation
-plasty
surgical repair or reconstruction
-rrhaphy
suture
-tomy
incision
-stomy
creation of an opening
-tripsy
crushing
-e
noun marker (as in erythrocyte)
- ia
- ism
condition of
-ium
structure or tissue
- ation
- y
condition or process of
- ac
- al
- ar
- ary
- eal
- ic
- ous
- tic
pertaining to
- icle
- ole
- ula
- ule
small
-gram
record
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
- iatrics
- iatry
treatment
-logy
study of
-logist
one who specializes in the treatment of
-ist
one who specializes in
-meter
instrument for measuring
-metry
process of measuring
-poiesis
formation
-scope
instrument for examination
-scopy
examination
-stasis
stop or stand