Medical terms - Combing forms, suffixes and prefixes Flashcards
aden/o
glands
arthr/o
joints
bi/o
life
carcin/o
cancer or cancerous
cardi/o
heart
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
cerebrum
crin/o
secrete
cyst/o
bladder
cyt/o
cell
derm/o, dermat/o
skin
electr/o
electrity
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
intestine
erythr/o
red
gastr/o
stomach
glyc/o
sugar
gnos/o
knowledge
gynec/o
female
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
lapar/o
abdomen
leuk/o
white
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
onc/o
tumor
opthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
path/o
disease
psych/o
mind
rhin/o
nose
sarc/o
flesh
thromb/o
clotting
-al
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-cyte
cell
-ectomy
cutting out or removing
-emia
blood condtion
-globin
protein
-ia
condtion
-ic
pertaining to
-ism
condition or process
-itis
inflammation
-logist
specialist in the study of
-logy
study of
-oma
tumor or mass
-opsy
to view
-osis
abnormal condtion
-scope
instrument used to
-sis
state of
-tomy
cutting into or incision
a-, an-
no or not
aut-
self
dia-
complete or through
dys-
bad/painful/difficult/ abnormal
endo-
within
exo-
out or outside
hyper-
excessive or more then normal
hypo-
below or less then normal
peri-
surrounding
pro-
before
re-
back
retro-
behind
sub-
below or under
trans-
across or through
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-centesis
punsure / removal of fluid
-eal
pertaining to
-graphy
process of recording
-lysis
to split or destroy
-megaly
enlargement
-pathy
disease condition
-plasty
surgical reconstruction
-rrhage
excessive discharge
-rrhagia
excessive flow/ discharge
-rrhea
flow or discharge
-sclerosis
harding
-stomy
opening
-therapy
treatment
-uria
urine
amni/o
amnion( sac of fluid surround embryo)
angi/o
vessel (blood vessel)
arteri/o
artery
ather/o
plaque
axill/o
armpit
bronch/o
bronchial tube
chem/o
drug, also chemical
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
chron/o
time
col/o
colon
crani/o
skull
cry/o
cold
esophag/o
esophagus
hyster/o
uterus
inguin/o
groin
isch/o
to hold back
laryng/o
voice box
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
men/o
menses
mening/o
meninges (around brain and spinal cord)
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord
necr/o
death (of cells)
oophor/o
ovary
ot/o
ear
pelv/o
hip area
peritone/o
peritoneum
phleb/o
vein
pneumon/o
lung
pulmon/o
lung
radi/o
x-rays
ren/o
kidney
salping/o
Fallopian tube
septic/o
pertaining to infection
thorac/o
chest
tonsill/o
tonsil
trache/o
windpipe, trachea
ur/o
urine or urea
vascul/o
blood vessel
ab-
away from
ad-
toward or near
ana-
up, apart
ante-
before, forward
anti-
against
bi-
two, both
brady-
slow
con-
with, together
ec-
out, outside
epi-
above, upon
ex-, extra-
out, outside
hemi-
half
in-
in, into
inter-
between
intra-
within
mal-
bad
meta-
change, beyond
neo-
new
para-
beside, near, along the side of
post-
after, behind
pre-
before
pro-, pros-
before/ forward
quadri-
four
re-, retro-
back, behind
syn-
with , together
tachy-
fast
ultra-
beyond
uni-
one
abdomin/o
abdomen
an/o
anus
card/o
carpals
cis/o
to cut
cost/o
ribs
cutane/o
skin
dur/o
dura matter
gen/o
to produce, to begin
later/o
side
nat/i
birth
norm/o
rule, order
plas/o
formation, growth, development
scapul/o
scapula (shoulder blade)
son/o
sound
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
top/o
to put, place , position
troph/o
development, nourishment
urethr/o
urethra
uter/o
uterus
ven/o
vein
vertebr/o
vertebra (backbone)
-ation
process, condition
-crine
process of cutting
-cision
process of cutting
-dipsia
thrist
-gen
to produce
-ine
pertaining to
-lapse
fall, slide
-lysis
loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction
-meter
to measure
-mission
to send
-mortem
death
-ous
pertaining to
-partum
birth
-phagia
eating
-phasia
speech
-plasia
formation (condition)
-plasm
formation (tissue)
-plegia
paralysis
-pnea
breathing
-section
to cut
-stasis
to stand, place, stop, control
-tension
pressure
-thesis
to put, place
-tic
pertaining to
-tropy
nourishment, development
-um
structure
-y
process, condtion
