Chp 1

  1. aden/o
    gland
  2. arthr/o
    joint
  3. carcin/o
    cancerous, cancer
  4. cephal/o
    head
  5. cis/o
    to cut
  6. crin/o
    to secrete
  7. cyst/o
    urinary bladder
  8. encephal/o
    brain
  9. enter/o
    intestines
  10. cyt/o
    cell
  11. electr/o
    electricity
  12. gnos/o
    knowledge
  13. gynec/o
    woman, female
  14. hepat/o
    liver
  15. iatr/o
    treatment, physician
  16. nephr/o
    kidney
  17. neur/o
    nerve
  18. opthalm/o
    eye
  19. path/o
    disease
  20. onc/o
    tumor
  21. psych/o
    mind
  22. radi/o
    x-rays
  23. ren/o
    kidney
  24. rhin/o
    nose
  25. sarc/o
    flesh, connective tissue
  26. sect/o
    to cut
  27. thromb/o
    clot, clotting
  28. ur/o
    urinary tract, urine
  29. suffixes meaning pertaining to
    • -ac
    • -al
    • -ic
    • -ical
  30. suffix for pain
    -algia
  31. suffix for cell
    -ctye
  32. suffix for excision, removal
    -ectomy
  33. suffix for blood condition
    -emia
  34. suffix for produced by or in
    -genic
  35. suffix for record
    -gram
  36. suffix for process
    -ion
  37. suffix for specialist
    -ist
  38. suffix for tumor, mass, swelling
    -oma
  39. suffix for process of viewing
    -opsy
  40. suffix for condition, usually abnormal
    -osis
  41. suffix for disease condition
    -pathy
  42. suffix for instrument to visually examine
    -scope
  43. suffix for process of visually examining
    -scopy
  44. suffix for state of, condition
    -sis
  45. suffix for process of cutting, incision
    -tomy
  46. suffix for process, condition
    -y
  47. prefix for no, not without
    • a-
    • an-
  48. prefix for self, own
    • aut-
    • auto
  49. prefix for complete
    • dia-
    • diagnosis
  50. prefix for within
    • end-
    • endo-
  51. prefix for above, upon
    epi-
  52. prefix for out, outside of outward
    • ex-
    • exo-
  53. prefix for before, forward
    pro-
  54. prefix for back, backward, again
    re-
  55. prefix for behind
    retro-
  56. prefix for across, through
    trans-
Author
tanyalequang
ID
354278
Card Set
Chp 1
Description
prefixes, suffixes, and roots from chapter 1
Updated