BIO 102 and 113 Chapters 1-4 Common Combining Forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes
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cdtaylor on August 23, 2011
Subjects:
anatomy and physiology medical terminology
Classes:
Skills II, Ms Taylors A&P classes
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancerous, cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| cyt/o | cell |
| electr/o | electricity |
| enter/o | intestines usually the small intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| leuk/o | white |
| log/o | study of |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| sect/o | to cut |
| -ac; -al | pertaining to |
| -gram | record |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logy | process of study |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| a-; an- | no, not, without |
| hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
| pro- | before, forward |
| retro- | behind |
| anter/o | front |
| cervic/o | neck (of the body or of the uterus) |
| dist/o | far; distant |
| dors/o | back portion of the body |
| neur/o | nerve |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| -algia | pain |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -phobia | fear |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, removal, resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -ptosis | falling, dropping, prolapse |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth |
| -tomy | incision, cutting into |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -er | one who |
| -ia | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -ole; -ule | little, small |
| -um; -ium | structure, substance |
| -y | condition; process |
| -ac, -iac, -ar, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -tic, -ous | pertaining to |
| -genic | pertaining to, producing, produced by or in |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| mal- | bad |
| meta- | beyond, change |
| post- | after, behind |
| pro- | before, forward |
| tachy- | fast |
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