Prefix/CF/Suffix Ch. 14 - 18 Flashcards
cerebell/o
little brain
crani/o
skull
dendr/o
tree
hypn/o
sleep
pallid/o
globus pallidus
somn/o
sleep
lamin/o
thin plate
disk/o
a disk
cephal/o
head
dur/o
dura, hard
audi/o
to hear
cochle/o
land snail
staped/o
stapes, stirrup
tympan/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
ot/o
ear
myring/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
presby/o
old
steat/o
fat
aur/i
ear
labyrinth/o
maze, inner ear
eso-
inward
em-
in
ex(o)-
out
en-
in, within
hemi-
half
ambly/o
dull
irid/o
iris
lacrim/o
tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct
mi/o
less, small
phac/o
lens
opthalm/o
eye
phot/o
light
cry/o
cold
dacry/o
tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct
retin/o
retina
-blast
immature cell, germ cell
-opia
vision
-ician
specialist
-iasis
condition
-pathy
disease
-phobia
fear
-ptosis
prolapse, drooping
-tic
pertaining to
-us
pertaining to, structure
-ism
condition
contra-
against
post-
after
pre-
before
intra-
within
a-
without, lack of
gynec/o
female
men/o
mouth, menses, mentruation
oophor/o
ovary
uter/o
uterus
venere/o
sexual intercourse
hyster/o
womb, uterus
culd/o
culd-de-sac
cyt/o
cell
salping/o
fallopian tube
mast/o
breast
cyst/o
bladder
-centesis
surgical puncture
-genesis
formation, produce
-rrhea
flow
-ine
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-rrhagia
to burst forth
-arche
beginning
-oid
resemble
-ia
condition
-scope
instrument for examining
circum-
around
hetero-
different
par-
beside
epi-
upon
homo-
similar, same
prostat/o
prostate
varic/o
twisted vein
spermat/o
seed, sperm
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
zo/o
animal
orchid/o
testicle
ejaculat/o
to throw out
mit/o
thread
gon/o
genitals
didym/o
testis
-cide
to kill
-genic(s)
formation, produce
-ar
pertaining to
-tomy
incision
-itis
inflammation
-ate
use
-ectomy
surgical excision
-ion
process
-al
pertaining to
-ia
condition