Prefixes, Combining Forms, and Suffixes Flashcards
- algia
- dynia
pain, suffering
-centesis
a surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid.
-crine
to secrete
-desis
to bind, tie together
-ectomy
surgical removal, cutting out
-gram
a picture or record
-graphy
the process of producing a picture or record
-itis
inflammation
-leuk/o
white
-lysis
loosening or setting free
-malacia
abnormal softening
-megaly
enlargement
-necrosis
tissue death
-ologist
specialist
-ology
the science or study of
-oma
tumor
-osis
abnormal condition or disease
-ostomy
the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
-plasia
formation
-plasm
formative material of cells
-plasty
surgical repair
- rrhage
- rrhagia
bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
-rrhea
flow or discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
-scopy
visual examination
-scopy
visual examination
- stasis
- static
control, maintenance of a constant level
-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
-trophy
development
a-
without
ab-
away from, negative, absent
abdomin/o
abdomen
ad-
toward, to, in the direction of
aden
aden/o
gland
aden/o
gland
adip
fat
adip/o
fat
ana-
backward
angi/o
blood vessel
ankyl/o
crooked, bent, stiff
anter
front or before
anter/o
before, front
appendic
append
appendix
arteri/o
arteri
artery
arthr/o
joint
ather/o
ather
fatty substance
burs/o
bursa
carcin
cancerous
cardi
heart
caud/o
caud
lower part of body, tail
cephal/o
cephal
head
chondr/i
cartilage
chondr/i
chondr/o
cartilage
col
colon
cost/o
rib
crani/o
crani
skull
cyan/o
cyan
blue
cyt/o
-cyte
cell
dermat
-derma
skin
dextr/o
right side
dia-
through
dors
back of the body
dys-
bad, difficult, or painful
dys-
bad, difficult, or painful
end-
endo-
in, within, inside
enter
small intestine
erythr/o
red
eu-
good, normal, well, or easy
ex-
out of, outside, away from
exo-
out of
exo-
out of, outside, away from
gastr
gastr/o
stomach
hist
tissue
hist/o
tissue
home/o
constant
hyper-
excessive, increased
hypo-
deficient, decreased
hypo-
deficient
ili
hip bone; ilium
in-
in, into, not, without
inter-
betwen or among
intra-
withing or inside
kyph/o
bent, hump
laryng
laryng/o
larynx or throat
ligament/o
ligaments
lith
stone
lod/o
curve, swayback, bent
lumb
lower back
macro-
large, abnormal size, or long
mega-
megal/o
large, great
melan/o
melan
black
mening
meninges
micr/o
micro-
small
my/o
muscle
myc/o
myc
fungus
myel/o
myel
spinal cord, bone marrow
nat
birth
neo-
new
neur/o
nerve
olig/o
scanty, few
oss/e
oss/i
oste/o
ost/o
bone
ot/o
ot
ear
path/o
-pathy
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
pelv
pelvis
peri-
surrounding
periton
peritoneum
physi
nature or physical
plas/i
plas/o
-plasia
development, growth, formation
poli/o
gray
post-
after, behind
poster/o
behind, toward the back
pre-
before
py/o
pus
pyel/o
pyel
renal pelvis
pyr/o
pyr
fever or fire
retro-
behind
rhin/o
rhin
nose
scoli/o
curved, bent
sinistr/o
left side
spondyl/o
vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone
sub-
under, less, or below
super-
supra-
above or excessive
synovi/o
synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
tendin
tendon
tonsill
tonsils
ventr
belly side of teh body
vir
virus or poison
dem/i
dem
population
pan-
entire
tele
distant
-metry
measure
-poietic
pertaining to formation
sacr/o
sacrum
capsul
little box
ankylosisng
the progressive stiffening of a joint or joints
spondyl
spondyl/o
vertebrae
-ago
diseased condition
-listhesis
slipping
kyph
hump
lord
bent backward
scoli
curved
-lysis
loosening or setting free
lamin
lamina
-clasis
break
bi-
twice, double, two
-cele
hernia, tumor, swelling
dys-
bad, difficult, or painful
fasci/o
fasci
fascia, fibrous band
fibr/o
fibrous issue, fiber
-ia
abnormal condition, disease, plural of -lum
-ic
pertaining to
kines/o
kinesi/o
movement
my/o
muscle
plegia
paralysis, stroke
tax/o
coordination, order
ten/o
tend/o
tendin/o
tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
ton/o
tone, stretching, tension
tri-
three
duct
to lead
flex
to bend
stern/o
breastbone
cleid/o
collar bone
Carpi
wrist or wrist bones
bi-
two
-ceps
head
tri-
means three
fibr/o
fibrous tissue
ten/o
tendon
-cele
hernia
-lysis
destruction or breaking down in disease
rhabdomy/o
striated muscle
-penia
deficiency