Chapters 1-4 Combining Form, Prefixes, & Suffixes Flashcards
abdomin/o
abdomen
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
amni/o
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
angi/o
vessel
anter/o
front
arteri/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
axill/o
armpit
bi/o
life
blephar/o
eyelid
bol/o
to cast (throw)
bronch/o
bronchial tubes
carcin/o
cancerous; cancer
cardi/o
heart
carp/o
wrist bones
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
cervic/o
neck (of the body or of the uterus)
chem/o
drug, chemical
chondr/o
cartilage (type of connective tissue)
chrom/o
color
chron/o
time
cib/o
meals
cis/o
to cut
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
col/o
colon (large intestine)
cost/o
rib
crani/o
skull
crin/o
to secrete (to form and give off)
cutane/o
skin
cyst/o
urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid
cyt/o
cell
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
derm/o, dermat/o
skin
dist/o
far, distant
dors/o
back portion of the body
duct/o
to lead, carry
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
intestines (usually small intestine)
erythr/o
red
flex/o
to bend
furc/o
forking, branching
gastr/o
stomach
gloss/o
tongue
glyc/o
glucose; sugar
gnos/o
knowledge
gynec/o
woman; female
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
hist/o
tissue
hydr/o
water, fluid
iatr/o
physician; treatment
ili/o
ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
immun/o
protection
inguin/o
groin
isch/o
to hold back
kary/o
nucleus
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
laryng/o
larynx
later/o
side
leuk/o
white
log/o
study
lumb/o
lower back (side and back between the ribs and pelvis)
lymph/o
lymph
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
medi/o
middle
morph/o
shape, form
mort/o
death
muc/o
mucus
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
nat/i
birth
necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
nect/o
to bind, tie, connect
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
norm/o
rule, order
nucle/o
nucleus
onc/o
tumor
ophthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
ot/o
ear
ox/o
oxygen
path/o
disease
ped/o
child
pelv/i
pelvis, hip region
peritone/o
peritoneum
phag/o
to eat, swallow
phleb/o
vein
plas/o
formation, development
aplastic - unable to form or regenerate (develope) tissue
pleur/o
pleura
pneumon/o
lungs
poster/o
back, behind
proxim/o
nearest
psych/o
mind
pub/o
pubis (pubic bone)
pulmon/o
lungs
radi/o
x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone)
rect/o
rectum
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
sacr/o
sacrum
sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue)
sect/o
to cut
seps/o
infection
somn/o
sleep
son/o
sound
spin/o
spine, backbone
splen/o
spleen
staphyl/o
clusters
strept/o
twisted chains
the/o
to put, place
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
thorac/o
chest
thromb/o
clot
thyr/o
thyroid gland; shield
tonsill/o
tonsils
top/o
place, position, location
tox/o
poison
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
ur/o
urine; urinary tract
urethr/o
urethra
ven/o
vein
ventr/o
belly side of the body
vertebr/o
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
viscer/o
internal organs
-ac
pertaining to
-ac, -iac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-cele
hernia
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-coccus (-cocci)
berry-shaped bacterium
-crine
to secrete
-cyte
cell
-drome
to run
-dynia
pain
-eal
pertaining to
-ectomy
removal; excision; resection
-emia
blood condition
-er
one who
-fusion
coming together; to pour
-gen
substance that produces
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by or in
-globin
protein
-gram
record
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condition
-iac
pertaining to
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
-ion
process
-ior
pertaining to
-ism
process, condition
catabolism
-ist
specialist
-itis
inflammation
-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
-logy
study of (process)
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation, loosening
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-meter
to measure
-mission
to send
-oid
resembling
-ole
little, small
-oma
tumor; mass; fluid collection
-opsy
view of
-ose
pertaining to, full of
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
-ous
pertaining to
mucous
-partum
birth, labor
-pathy
disease condition
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
fear
-phoria
to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
-physis
to grow
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasm
structure or formation
-plasty
surgical repair
-pnea
breathing
-ptosis
drooping, falling, sagging, prolaps
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-sclerosis
hardening
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopy
process of visual examination (with an endoscope)
-sis
state of; condition
-somes
bodies
-stasis
stopping, controlling
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-therapy
treatment
-tic
pertaining to
-tomy
process of cutting, incision, cutting into
-trophy
development, nourishment
-ule
little, small
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
-us
structure, substance
-y
condition; process
-or
one who
-type
picture, classification
a-, an-
no; not; without
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
ana-
up, apart
ante-
before, forward
anti-
against
aut-, auto-
self; own
bi-
two
brady-
slow
cata-
down
con-
with, together
contra-
against, opposite
de-
down, lack of
dia-
complete; through
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
ec-
out, outside
en-, endo-
in, within
epi-
above; upon; on
eu-
good, normal
ex-, exo-
out; outside of; outward; away from
hemi-
half
hyper-
above; excessive; more than normal
hypo-
deficient; below; under; less than normal
in-
in; into; not
in-
into, within, not
infra-
beneath, under
inter-
between
intra-
in, within, into
macro-
large
mal-
bad
meta-
beyond, change
micro-
small
neo-
new
pan-
all
para-
abnormal, beside, near
per-
through
peri-
surrounding; around
poly-
many, much
post-
after, behind
pre-
before, in front of
pro-
before; forward
pros-
before, forward
re-
back; again; backward
retro-
behind; back; backward
sub-
under; below
supra-
above, upper
syn-, sym-
together, with
tachy-
fast
trans-
across; through
ultra-
beyond, excess
uni-
one
a-, an-, in-
not; no; without
ante-, pre-, pro-
before; forward; in front of
anti-, contra-
against; opposite
con-, syn-, sym-
with; together
de-, cata-
down, lack of;
dia-, per-, trans-
through; complete; across
dys-, mal-
bad; abnormal; difficult; painful
ec-, ecto-, ex-
out; outside
endo-, in-, intra-
in; within; into
epi-, hyper-, supra-
upon; on; above; excessive; upper
hypo-, infra-, sub-
under; deficient; beneath
re-, retro-, post-
back; again; behind; backward; after
ultra-, meta-
beyond; excess; change
