Roots, Prefix, Combo pt 2 Flashcards
faci/o
face, form
fasci/o
fascia, fibrous band
fec/a, fec/o
dregs, sediment, waste
femor/o
femur, thigh bone
fenestr/a
window, small opening
fer/o
to bear, carry
-ferent
to carry
fertil/o
fertile, able to conceive
fet/o
fetus, unborn child
fibr/o
fibrous tissue, fiber
fibrin/o
fibrin, fibers, threads of clot
fibul/o
fibula
-fic
making, producing, forming
-fication
process of making
-fida
split
filtr/o, filtrat/o
filer, to straight through
fiss/o
crack, split, cleft
flatul/o
flatus, rectal gas
flex/o
bend
fluor/o
glowing, luminous
foc/o
focus point
follicul/o
follicle, small sac
foramin/o
opening, foramen
fore-
before, in front of
-form, form/o
resembling K shape
fove/o
small pit, depressed area
fract/o
break
front/o
front, forehead
-fuge
separate by spinning
fund/o
bottom, base, fundus
fung/o
fungus
-fusion
to come together; to pour
galact/o
milk
gangli/o
tumor, cystic tumor
ganglion/o
ganglion, cluster of nerve cell bodies
gangrene/o
tissue death, gangrene
gastr/o
stomach
gemin/o
twin, double, group
gen-, gen/o, -gen
producing, forming, substance that produces
-gene
production, origin, formation
-genic, -genesis
creation, reproduction, formation, produced by/in
genit/o
reproduction
-genous
producing
ger/i
old age
germin/o
bud, sprout, embryonic tissue
geront/o
old age
gest/o, gestat/o
pregnancy, gestation to birth
gigant/o
giant, very large
gingiv/o
gingival tissue, gums
glauc/o
gray
glen/o
socket of joint
gli/o
neurologic cells, supportive tissue of nervous, glue
-glia
glue
-globin, -globulin
protein
gobul/o
ball shape
glomerl/o
glomerulus
gloss/o
tongue
glott/o
pertaining to tongue
gluc/o
glucose, sugar
glyc/o, glycos/o
glucose, sugar
glycer/o
sweet
gon/o
seed
gonad/o
gonad, sex glands
goni/o
angle
-grade
to go
-gram
picture, record
granul/o
granule(s)
-graph
picture/record, machine to make record
graph/o
writing
-graphy
process of producing picture/record
-gravida
pregnant
gustat/o
taste
gynec/o, gyn/o
woman, female
hal/o, halit/o
breath
hallucin/o
hallucination
hem/o, hemat/o, hem/a
blood, relating to blood
hemi-
half
hemoglobin/o
hemoglobin
hepat/o
liver
hered/o, heredit/o
inherited, hereditary
herni/o
hernia
hiat/o
opening, gap
hidr/o
sweat
hirsut/o
hairy, rough
hist/o
tissue
hom/o
same, like, alike
home/o
sameness, unchanging, constant, similar
hormon/o
hormone
humer/o
humerus
hy/o
hyoid bone
hydr/o
relating to water
hygien/o
health
hymen/o
hymen
hyper-
excessive, increased, above normal
hypn/o
sleep
hypo=
deficient, decreased, below normal
hyster/o
uterus
iatr/o
physician, treatment
-iatrics
field of medicine, healing
-iatrist
specialist
-iatry
field of medicine
-ible
capable of, able to
-ical
pertaining to chemical, chemical compound
-ician
specialist
icter/o
jaundice
ichthy/o
dry, scaly
idi/o
peculiar to 1 individual/organ, unknown, distinct
-iferous
bearing, carrying, producing
-ific
making, producing
-iform
shaped/formed like, resembling
-ile
capable of
ile/o
ileum, small intestine
ili/o
ilium, hip bone
im-
not
immun/o
immune, protection, safe
impact/o
pushed against, wedged against, packed
in-
in, into, not, without
-in
substance, chemical
incis/o
cutting into
-ine
pertaining to, substance, chemical
infarct/o
filled in, stuffed
infect/o
infected, tainted
infer/o
below, beneath
inflammat/o
flame within, set on fire
infra-
below, beneath, inferior to
inguin/o
groin
inject/o
to force/put in, insert
insul/o
island
insulin/o
insulin
integument/o
covering
inter-
between, among
intern/o
within, inside
intestin/o
intestine
intra-
within, inside
intrins/o
contained within, on the inside
intro-
within, into, inside
intussuscept/o
take up/receive within
iod/o
iodine
-ion
condition, action, process, state
ion/o
ion, to wander
-ior
pertaining to
ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o
iris
isch/o
back, to hold back
ischi/o
ischium
is/o-
equal, same
-ist
person who practices, specialist
-ism
process, condition
-isy
noun ending
-itis
inflammation
-ium
structure, tissue
-ive
performs, tends toward, substance that promotes
-ize
to make, to treat
jaund/o
yellow
jejun/o
jejunum
jugul/o
throat
juxta-
beside, near, nearby
kal/i
potassium
kary/o
nucleus, nut (?)
kel/o
growth, tumor
kerat/o
horn, shaped hard, cornea
ket/o, keton/o
ketones, acetones
kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesis
movement
klept/o
to steal
kyph/o
bent, hump, humpback
labi/o
lip, labium
labyrinth/o
maze, labyrinth, inner ear
lacer/o
torn, mangled
lacrim/o
tears, tear duct
lact/i, lact/o
milk
lamin/o
lamina, posterior portion of vertebra
-lapse
to slide, fall, lag
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
laryng/o
larynx, throat, voice box
later/o
side
lei/o
smooth
lent/o
lens of eye
lenticul/o
lens, shaped like lens
-lepsy
seizure
-leptic
to seize, take hold of
leuk/o
white
lev/o
raise, lift
lex/o, -lexia
word, phrase
ligament/o
ligament
ligat/o
binding/tying off
lingu/o
tongue
lipid/o, lip/o
fat, lipid, fatty deposits
-listhesis
slipping
lith/o, -lith
stone, calculus
-lithiasis
presence of stones
lob/o
lobe, well-defined part of organ
loc/o
place
-logy, -log
study of
lord/o
curve, swayback, bent
lumb/o
lower back, loins, lumbar region
lumin/o
light, lumen
lump/o
lump, mass
lun/o
moon
lux/o
slide
ly/o
break down, dissolve, loosen
lymph/o
lymph, lymphatic tissue
lymphaden/o
lymph node/gland
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
-lysis
breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
-lyst
agent causing lysis/loosening
-lytic
to reduce, destroy
quadr/i, quadr/o
four
zoo, zo/o
(animal) life
zygomat/o
cheek bone
-y
process, state
xiph/o
sword-shaped
xer/o
dry
xen/o
strange, foreign, unlike species
xanth/o
yellow
rachi/o
spine, vertebrae
radi/o
radiation, x-rays, radius
radicul/o
nerve root
re-
back again, backward
recept/o
receive, receiver
rect/o
rectum, straight
reduct/o
bring back together
refract/o
bend back, turn aside
remiss/o
give up, send back, relax
ren/o
kidney
resuscit/o
to revive
retent/o
hold back
reicul/o
network
retin/o
retina, net
retro-
backward, behind, back of
rhabd/o
rod-shaped
rhabdomy/o
striated muscle
rheumat/o
water flow, subject to flow
rhin/o
nose
rhiz/o
root, spinal nerve root
rhythm/o
rhythm, heartbeat
rhytid/o
wrinkle
-rrhage
abnormal excessive fluid discharge from rupture/something burst
-rrhagia
abnormal excessive fluid discharge from rapid flow/burst
-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
-rrhea
flow, excessive discharge
-rhhexis
rupture
rug/o
wrinkle, fold, rag
narc/o
numbness, stupor, sleep
nas/o
nose
nat/o
birth
natr/o
sodium
necr/o
death
-necrosis
tissue death
neo-, ne/o
new, strange
nephr/o
kidney
nerv/o, neur/i, neur/o
nerve, nerve tissue
neutr/o
neither, neutral
nitro-
nitrogen
noct/o
night
nod/o
knot, swelling, node
non-
not, no
nor-
chemical compound
norm/o
normal, usual
nos/o
disease
nucle/o
nucleus
nucleol/o
little nucleus, nucleolus
nulli-
none, no
nutri/o
nourishment, food, nourish, feed
nyct/o
night
