Suffixes/Prefixes (Body) Flashcards
-al
Pertaining to
*coron/al = pertaining to the heart
[coron=heart]
- algia
- dynia
Pain *cost/algia = pain in the ribs [cost=ribs] *thorac/o/dynia = pain in the chest [thorac/o= chest]
- gen
- genesis
Forming, producing, origin
*path/o/gen = forming, producing, or origin of a disease
[path/o=disease]
*carcin/o/genesis = forming, producing, or origin of cancer
[carcin=cancer]
-logist
Specialist in the study of
*his/o/logist = specialist in the study of tissues
[hist/o=tissue]
-logy
Study of
*eti/o/logy = study of the causes (of disease)
[eti/o = cause]
-lysis
Separation; destruction; loosening
*cyt/o/lysis = destruction, dissolution, or separation of a cell
[cyt/o=cell]
-meter
Instrument used to measure
*therm/o/meter= instrument to measure heat
[therm/o=heat]
-plasia
Formation, growth
*hyper/plasia = excessive growth of tissue
[hyper-=excessive, above normal]
-toxic
Poison
*hepat/o/toxic = pertaining to poison in the liver
[hepat/o=liver]
Bi-
Two
*bi/later/al = pertaining to or affecting two sides
[later=side, to one side; -al=pertaining to]
Epi-
Above, on
*epi/gastr/ic = pertaining to above or on the stomach
[gastr=stomach; -ic=pertaining to]
Infra-
Below, under
*infra/cost/al = pertaining to below or under the ribs
[cost=ribs; -al= pertaining to]
Trans-
Across, through
*trans/vagin/al = pertaining to across or through the vagina
[vagin=vagina; -al=pertaining to]
-ad
Toward
*medi/ad = toward the middle or center
[medi/o=middle]