The Language of Medicine By Chabner Combining Form, Suffixes, & Preffixes Terms in this set (79)aden/o (adenoma, adenitis) gland arthr/o (arthritis0 joint bi/o (biology, biopsy) life carcin/o (carcinoma) cancer, cancerous cardi/o (cardiology) heart cephal/o (cephalic) head cerebr/o (cerebral) cerebrum (largest part of the brain) cis/o (incision, excision) to cut crin/o (endocrine gland) to secrete cyst/o (cystoscopy) urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst
cyt/o (cytology) cell derm/o, dermat/o (dermatitis) skin electr/o (electrocardiogram) electricity encephal/o (electroencephalogram) brain enter/o (enteritis) intestines (usually the small intestines) erythr/o (erythrocyte) red gastr/o (gastrotomy, gastrectomy) stomach glyc/o (hyperglycemia) sugar gnos/o (diagnosis, prognosis) knowledge gynec/o (gynecology) woman, female hemat/o (hematology) blood hem/o (hematoma, hemoglobin) blood hepat/o (hepatitis) liver iatr/o (iatrogenic) treatment, physician leuk/o (leukocyte) white log/o (dermatology) study of nephr/o (nephritis, nephrology) kidney neur/o (neurology) nerve onc/o (oncology) tumor ophthalm/o (ophthalmoscope) eye oste/o (osteitis, osteoarthritis) bone path/o (pathology) disease ped/o (pediatric) child psych/o (psychology, psychiatrist) mind radi/o (radiology) x-rays ren/o (renal) kidney rhin/o (rhinitis) nose sarc/o (sarcoma) flesh sect/o (resection) to cut thromb/o (thrombocyte, thrombosis) clot, clotting ur/o (urology) urinary tract, urine -ac (cardiac) pertaining to -al (neural) pertaining to -algia (arthralgia, neuralgia) pain -cyte (erythrocyte) cell -ectomy (nephrectomy) excision, removal -emia (leukemia) blood condition -genic (carcinogenic, pathogenic, iatrogenic) pertaining to producing or forming -globin (hemoglobin) protein -gram (electroencephalogram) record -ic, -ical (gastric, neurologic) pertaining to -ion (excision) process -ist (ophthalmologist) specialist -itis (cystitis) inflammation -logy (endocrinology) process of study -oma (hepatoma) tumor, mass, swelling -opsy (biopsy) process of viewing -osis (nephrosis, leukocytosis) condition, usually abnormal -pathy (enteropathy, adenopathy) disease condtion -scope (endoscope) instrument to visually examine -scopy (endoscopy) process of visually examining with an endoscope -sis (prognosis) state of, conditon -tomy (osteotomy) process of cutting -y (gastroenterology) process, condition a-, an- (anemia) no, not, without aut-, auto- (autopsy) self, own dia- (diagnosis) through, complete endo- (endocrinologist) within epi- (epigastric, epidermis) above, upon ex-, exo- (excision) out, outside of, outward hyper- (hyperthyroidism) excessive, above, more than normal hypo- (hypogastric, hypoglycemia) deficient, below, under, less than normal in- (incision) in, into peri- (pericardium) surrounding, around pro- (prostate gland) before, forward re- (resection) back, backward, again retro- (retrocardiac) behind sub- (subhepatic) below, under trans- (transhepatic) across; through Sets with similar terms
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