prefix Flashcards
ec, ecto
out; outside
end/o
in; within
epi
outer, above, on
mes/o
middle
Ab
away from
Ad
toward; near
per
through
trans
through; across
infra
below
inter
between
sub
beneath; under
ante
before; forward
pre
before, in front of
post
after, behind
-itis
inflammation
-malacia
softening
-oma
tumor
-osis
condition of
-pathy
disease
-rrhea
excessive discharge
derm/o
skin
dermat/o
skin
hidr/o
sweat, perspiration
hyp/o
under,below, deficient
kerat/o
keratin, horny layer of skin
mamm/o
breast
melan/o
dark, black, melanin
myc/o
fungus
onych/o
nail
scler/o
thick, hard
seb/o
sebum, sebaceous gland
trich/o
hair
xer/o
dry
Burs/o
Bursa
Arthr/o/Articul/o
joint
carp/o
wrist
chondr/o
cartilage
cost/o
rib
Fasci/o
fascia
Kyph/o
hump
muscul/o/my/o
muscle
myel/o
bone marrow
oste/o
bone
spondyl/o
vertebra
synov/i
synovium
ten/o
tendon
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cortic/o
cerebral cortex
encephal/o
brain
gangli/o, ganglion/o
ganglion
radicul/o
spinal nerve root
Gli/o
Gila (neuroglial) cells protect, support, and nourish neurons
-lalia
babble or speech
-lepsy
seizure
-lexia
reading
-mania
obsessive or excited state
somn/o
sleep
myel/o
spinal cord
medull/o
medulla oblongata or spinal cord
mening/o, meninge/o
meninges