Prefixes: G, H, & I Flashcards
gast- (i, ro)
stomach
galacto-
milk
-genesis
production, development, creation
-genetic, -genic
origin, producing, causing
genito-
organs of reproduction
geront- (o)
old age, elderly
gingiv-
gums, gingiva
gloss- (o)
tongue
gluc- (o)
sweetness, sugar, glucose
gly- (co)
sugar
-gram
picture, tracing, record
-graph
diagram, instrument for recording
gyn- (ec, o)
woman, female
hem- (o, a, ato)
blood
hemi-
half
hepat- (o)
liver
herni-
rupture
hetero-
other, unlike, different
hist- (o)
tissue
hom- (eo, o)
same, like
hydro-
water
hyper-
excessive, high, over
hypno-
sleep
hyster- (o)
uterus
-ia, iasis
condition of, abnormal/pathological state
-ic, -ac
pertaining to
idio-
peculiar to an individual, self-originating
ile- (o, um)
ileum
infra-
beneath, below
inter-
between, among
intra-
within, into, inside
-ism
condition, theory, state of being
iso-
alike, equal, same
-itis
inflammation, inflammation of