Prefixes, Suffixes, & Combining Forms D to J Flashcards
dacry/o
tear
dacryoaden/o
tear duct
dacryocyst/o
tear sac,lacrimal sac
dactyl/o
fingers,toes
de-
lack of,down,less,removal of
deca-
ten
dent/i
tooth
derm/o
skin
-derma
skin
dermat/o
skin
-desis
to bind,tie together
dextr/o
right
di-
two,double
dia-
complete,through
diaphor/o
sweat
dilat/o
to enlarge,expand
-dilation
widening,stretching,expanding
dipl/o
double
dips/o
thirst
dis-
apart,to separate
dist/o
far,distant
diverticul/o
small blind pouch
dors/o
back (of body)
dorsi-
back
-dote
to give
-drome
to run
duct/o
to lead,carry
duoden/o
duodenum
dur/o
dura mater
dynam/o
power,strength
-dynia
pain
dys-
bad,painful,difficult,abnormal
-eal
pertaining to
ec-
out,outside
ech/o
reflected sound
echin/o
spiny,prickly
-ectasia
dilation,dilatation,widening
-ectasis
dilation,dilatation,widening
ecto-
out,outside
-ectomy
removal,excision,resection
ectro/o
congenital absence
-edema
swelling
electr/o
electricity
em-
in
-ema
condition
embolo/o
embolus
embry/o
embryo
-emesis
vomitin
-emia
blood condition
-emic
pertaining to blood condition
emmetr/o
in due measure
en-
in,within
encephal/o
brain
end-
in,within
endo-
in,within
enter/o
intestines (usually small intestines)
eosin/o
red,rosy,dawn-colored
epi-
above,upon,on
epididym/o
epididymis
epiglott/o
epiglottis
episi/o
vulva
epitheli/o
skin,epithelium
equi-
equality,equal
-er
one who
erg/o
work
erythem/o
flushed,redness
erythr/o
red
eschar/o
scab
-esis
action,condition,state of
eso-
inward
esophag/o
esophagus
esthes/o
nervous sensation
esthesi/o
nervous sensation
-esthesia
nervous sensation
estr/o
female
eti/o
cause
eu-
good,normal
-eurysm
widening
ex-
out,away from
exo-
out,away from
extra-
outside
-facient
to cause, make happen
fasci/o
fascia (membrane supporting muscle)
febr/i
fever
femor/o
femur (thigh bone)
-ferent
to carry
fet/o
fetus
fibr/o
fiber
fibros/o
fibrous connective tissue
fibul/o
fibula
-fication
process of making
-fida
split
flex/o
to bend
flour/o
luminous
follicul/o
follicle, small sac
fore-
before, in front
-form
resembling,in the shape of
fovea/o
small pit or depression
funct/o
performance
fungi/o
fungus,mushroom (organism lacking chlorophyll)
-fusion
to pour, to come together
galact/o
milk
ganglion/o
ganglion, collection of nerve cell bodies
gastr/o
stomach
gel/o
to freeze, congeal
-gen
substance that produces
gen/o
formation or produce
-genesis
producing, forming
-genic
produced by or in
genit/o
reproduction, genitalia
ger/o
old age
geront/o
old age
gest/o
pregnancy
gester/o
pregnancy
gigant/o
huge
gingiv/o
gum
glauc/o
gray
gli/o
glial cells, neuroglial cells
-globin
protein
-globulin
protein
glomerul/o
glomerulus
gloss/o
tongue
gluc/o
glucose, sugar
glyc/o
glucose, sugar
glycogen/o
glycogen, animal starch
glycos/o
glucose, sugar
gnath/o
jaw
gnos/o
knowledge
gonad/o
sex glands
goni/o
angle
-grade
to go
-gram
record
granul/o
granule(s)
-graph
instrument for recording
graph/o
writing
-graphy
process of recording
gravid/o
pregnancy
-gravida
pregnant woman
gynec/o
woman, female
half
demi, hemi, semi
hallucin/o
hallucination
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
hemi-
half
hemoglobin/o
hemoglobin
hepat/o
liver
heredo-
heredity
herni/o
hernia
heter/o
other, different
hex-, hexa-
six
hidr/o
sweat
hirsut/o
hairy
hist/o
tissue
histi/o
tissue
holo-
entire, complete
home/o
sameness, unchanging, constant
hormon/o
hormone
humer/o
humerus
hydr/o
water
hymen/o
hymen
hyper-
above, excessive
hypn/o
sleep
hypo-
deficient, below, under, less than normal
hypophys/o
pituitary gland
hypothalam/o
hypothalamus
hyster/o
uterus, womb
-ia
condition
-iac
pertaining to
-iasis
abnormal condition
iatr/o
physician, treatment
-ic
pertaining to
-ical
pertaining to
ichthy/o
dry, scaly
-ician
specialist
-icle
small
idi/o
unknown, individual, distinct
ile/o
ileum
ili/o
ilium
immun/o
immune, protection, safe
in-
in, into, not
-in
a substance, chemical, chemical compound
-ine
a substance, chemical, chemical compound
-ine
pertaining to
infra-
below, inferior to, beneath
inguin/o
groin
insulin/o
insulin (pancreatic hormone)
inter-
between
intra-
within, into
-ion
process
-ior
pertaining to
ipsi-
same
ir/o
iris (colored portion of eye)
irid/o
iris (colored portion of eye)
is/o
same, equal
isch/o
to hold back, back
ischi/o
ischium (part of hip bone)
-ism
process, condition
-ist
specialist
ithy-
erect, straight
-itis
inflammation
-ium
structure, tissue
jaund/o
yellow
jejun/o
jejunum
juxta-
near