Roots, Prefix, Combo pt 3 Flashcards
macro-
large, abnormal size/length, long
macul/o
spot
mal-
bad, abnormal
-malacia
abnormal softening
malign/o
bad, harmful
malle/o
malleus, hammer
malleol/o
malleolus, little hammer
mamm/o
breast
-mania
obsessive preoccupation, madness
manu/o
hand
mandible/o, mandibul/o
mandible, lower jaw
mast/o
mastoid process, breast
mastic/o
chew
mastoid/o
mastoid process
mastur/o
ripe, mature
maxill/o
maxilla, upper jaw
meat/o
meatus
medi/o
middle
mediastin/o
mediastinum, middle
medic/o
medicine, physician, healing
medull/o
medulla, middle, marrow, medulla oblongata
mega-, megal/o
large, great, grand
-megaly
enlargment
melan/o
black, dark
men/o
menstruation, month, menses
mening/o, meningi/o
membranes, meninges
menisc/o
meniscus, crescent-shaped, cartilage in knee
menstruation
ment/o
mind, chin
mesenter/o
mesentery
mesi/o
middle, median plane
meso-
middle
meta-
change, beyond, subsequent to, behind, after
metabol/o
change
-metter/-meter?
measure, instrument, used to measure
metr/o, metri/o
uterus
-metrist
one who measures
-metry
to measure
micr/o, micro-
small
mictur/o
urinate
mid-
middle
milli-
one-thousandth
mineral/o
mineral
mi/o-
smaller, less
mission
to send
mit/o
thread, thread-like
mitr/o
like a miter or (structure w/2 pnts)
-mnesia
memory
mobil/o
capable of moving, movement
mono-
one, single
morbid/o
disease, sickness
morph/o
shape, form
mort/o
death, dead
-mortem
death
mot/o, motil/o
motion, movement
-motor
movement
muc/o, mucos/o
mucus
multi-
many, much
muscul/o
muscle
mutat/o
to change
my/o
muscle
myc/o
fungus
mydr/o
widening, enlarged
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
myocardi/o
heart muscle
myos/o
muscle
myring/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
myx/o
mucus
ob-
against
obes/o
obese, extremely fat
obstetr/o
pregnancy, birth
occipt/o
back of skull, occipital
ocul/o
eye
odont/o
tooth, teeth
-oid
like, resembling
olfact/o
smell, sense of smell
olig/o
scanty, few
-ologist
specialist
-ology
science, study of
-oma
tumor, neoplasm, mass
omphal/o
umbilicus, the navel
onc/o
tumor
-one
hormone
onych/o
nail
o/o
egg (ovum)
oophor/o
ovary
-opaque
obscure, not transparent
operat/o
to perform, operate
ophthalm/o
eye, vision
-opia
vision condition
-opsia
vision, view of
opt/i,opt/o, optic/o
eye, vision
-opsy
view of, viewing
-or
one who/something that takes action/does something
or/o
mouth, oral cavity
orbit/o
eye socket
orch/o, orchid/o, orchi/o
testicles, testis, testes
-orexia
appetite
organ/o
organ
orth/o
straight, normal, correct
-ory
pertaining to
os-
mouth, bone
-ose
full of, pertaining to, sugar
-osis
abnormal condition, disease, process
-osmia
smell, odor
oss/e, oss/i
bone
ossicul/o, ossic/o
ossicle
oste/o, ost/o
bone
-ostomy
surgical creation of artificial opening
ot/o
ear, hearing
-otia
ear condition
-otomy
cutting, surgical incision
-ous
pertaining to
ov/i, ov/o
egg, ovum
ovari/o
ovary
ovul/o
egg, ovum
ox/i, ox/o, ox/y
oxygen
palat/o
palate, roof of mouth
palpat/o
touch, feel, stroke
palpit/o
throbbing, quivering
pan-
all, entire, every, everything
pancreat/o
pancreas
papill/o
nipple-like, optic disk
par-, para-
beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, alongside of
par/o
birth
-para
to give birth, bear offspring
para-
near, beside, alongside, beyond, abnormal
parathyroid/o
parathyroid glands
-paresis
partial/incomplete paralysis, weakness
-pareunia
sexual intercourse
-parous
having born at least 1 kid
paroxysm/o
sudden attack
-partum
childbirth, labor
patell/o
patella, kneecap
path/o, -pathy
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
-pause
stopping
pector/o
chest
ped/o
child, foot
pedicul/o
louse (singular), lice (plural)
pelv/i, pelv/o
pelvic bones, pelvic cavity, hip
pen/i, pen/o
penis
-penia
deficiency, lack, too few
-pepsia, pept/o
to digest, digestion
per-
completely, thorough, through
percuss/o
strike, tap, beat
per-
surrounding, around
perine/o
perineum
peritone/o
peritoneum
perme/o
to pass, go through
perone/o
fibula
-pexy
surgical fixation
phac/o, phak/o
lens of eye
phag/o
eat, swallow, engulf
-phage
cell that destroys, eats, swallows
-phagia
eating, swallowing
phalang/o
phalanges, fingers, toes
phall/o
penis
pharmac/o, pharmaceut/o
drug
pharyng/o
throat, pharynx
phas/o
speech
-phasia
to speak, speech
phe/o
dusky, gray, dark-colored
-pheresis
removal
-philia, phil/o, -phil
attraction to, like, love
phim/o
muzzle
phleb/o
vein
-phobia, phob/o
abnormal fear
phon/o, -phonia
sound, voice
phor/o
carry, bear movement
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
-phoria
to bear, carry, feeling, mental state
phot/o
light
phren/o
diaphragm, mind
phys/o
air, gas
-phylactic
protective, preventive
-phylaxis
protection against infection
physi/o
nature, physical, function
-physis
to grow, growth plate
pigment/o
pigment, color
pil/i, pil/o
hair, hair follicle
pineal/o
pineal gland
pinn/i
external ear, auricle
pituit/o, pituitar/o
pituitary gland
placent/o
placenta
plak/o, -plakia
plaque, plate, thin flat layer, scale
plant/i, plant/o
sole of foot
plas/i, plas/o, -plasia
development, growth, formation
-plasm
formative material of cells, formation, structure
plasm/o
something molded/formed
-plastic
pertaining to formation
-plasty
surgical repair
-plegia
stroke, paralysis
-plegic
one affected w/paralysis
pleur/o
pleura, side of body
pne/o
breath, breathing
-pnea
breathing
pneum/o, pneumon/o
lung, air
pod/o
foot
-poiesis
to make, formation
-poietin
substance that forms
pol/o
extreme
poli/o
gray matter of brain & spinal cord
poly-
many, much
polyp/o
polyp, small growth
pont/o
pons
poplite/o
back of knee
por/o
pore, small opening, passageway
-porosis
lessening in density, porous condition
port/o
gate, door
post-
after, behind
poster/o
behind, toward the back
pontent/o
powerful, capable
pract/o
practice, pursue on occupation
-prandial
meal
pre-
before, in front of
pregn/o
pregnant, full of
presby/o
old age
primi-
first
pro-
before, on behalf of, supporting, forward
proct/o
anus & rectum
product/o
lead forward, yield, produce
pronat/o
bent forward, face down
pros-
before, forward
prostat/o
prostate gland
prosthet/o
addition, appendage
prot/o
first
protein/o
protein
proxim/o
near
prurit/o
itching
pseud/o
false
psor/o
itch, itching
psych/o
mind
-ptosis
droop, sag, prolapse, fall, protrude
-ptysis
spitting, coughing up
pub/o
pubis, part of hip bone, public region
pulm/o, pulmon/o
lung
pulsat/o
beat, beating, striking
punct/o
hold, prick, puncture
pupill/o
pupil
purul/o
pus, pus-filled
py/o
pus
pyel/o
pus
pylor/o
pylorus
pyr/o, pyret/o
fever, fire
