Phl-Toc : Med c/f, prefixes, suffixes

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phleb/o

vein
phob/o

fear
-phobia

fear
phon/o

voice; sound
-phonia

voice; sound
phor/o

to bear
-phoresis

carrying; transmission
-phoria

to bear; carry; feeling (mental state)
phot/o

light
phren/o

diaphragm; mind
-phthisis

wasting away
-phylaxis

protection
physi/o

nature; function
-physis

to grow
phyt/o

plant
-phyte

plant
pil/o

hair
pineal/o

pineal gland
pituitar/o

pituitary gland
-plakia

plaque
plant/o

sole of the foot
plas/o

development; formation; growth
-plasia

development; formation; growth
-plasm

formation; structure
-plastic

pertaining to formation
-plasty

surgical repair
ple/o

more; many; varied
-plegia

paralysis; palsy
-plegic

pertaining to paralysis; palsy
pleur/o

pleura
plex/o

plexus; network (of nerves)
-pnea

breathing
pneum/o

lung; air; gas
pneumon/o

lung; air; gas
pod/o

foot
-poiesis

formation
-poietin

substance that forms
poikil/o

varied; irregular
pol/o

extreme
polio-

gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)
poly-

many; much
polyp/o

polyp; small growth
pont/o

pons (a part of the brain)
-porosis

condition of pores (spaces)
post-

after; behind
poster/o

back (of body); behind
-prandial

pertaining to eating or mealtime
-praxia

action
pre-

before; in front of
presby/o

old age
primi-

first
pro-

before; forward
proct/o

anus and rectum
pros-

before; forward
prostat/o

prostate gland
prot/o

first
prote/o

protein
proxim/o

near
prurit/o

itching
pseudo-

false
psych/o

mind
-ptosis

falling; drooping; prolapse
-ptysis

spitting
pub/o

pubis (anterior part of hip bone)
pulmon/o

lung
pupill/o

pupil
purul/o

pus
py/o

pus
pyel/o

renal pelvis
pylor/o

pylorus; pyloric sphincter
pyr/o

fever; fire
pyret/o

fever
pyrex/o

fever
quadri-

four
rachi/o

spinal column; vertebrae
radi/o

x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone)
radicul/o

nerve root
re-

back; again; backward
rect/o

rectum
ren/o

kidney
reticul/o

network
retin/o

retina
retro-

behind; back; backward
rhabdomy/o

striated (skeletal) muscle
rheumat/o

watery flow
rhin/o

nose
rhytid/o

wrinkle
roentgen/o

x-rays
-rrhage

bursting forth (of blood)
-rrhagia

bursting forth (of blood)
-rrhaphy

suture
-rrhea

flow; discharge
-rrhexis

rupture
rrhythm/o

rhythm
sacr/o

sacrum
salping/o

fallopian tube; auditory (eustachian) tube
-salpinx

fallopian tube; oviduct
sarc/o

flesh (connective tissue)
scapul/o

scapula; shoulder blade
-schisis

split
schiz/o

split
scint/i

spark
scirrh/o

hard
scler/o

sclera (white of eye); hard
-sclerosis

hardening
scoli/o

crooked; bent
-scope

instrument for visual exam
-scopy

visual exam
scot/o

darkness
seb/o

sebum
sebace/o

sebum
sect/o

to cut
semi-

half
semin/i

semen; seed
seps/o

infection
sial/o

saliva
sialaden/o

salivary gland
sider/o

iron
sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon
silic/o

glass
sinus/o

sinus
-sis

state of; condition
-sol

solution
somat/o

body
-some

body
somn/o

sleep
-somnia

sleep
son/o

sound
-spadia

to ear, cut
-spasm

sudden contraction of muscles
sperm/o

spermatozoa; sperm cells
spermat/o

spermatozoa; sperm cells
sphen/o

wedge; sphenoid bone
spher/o

globe-shaped; round
sphygm/o

pulse
-sphyxia

pulse
splanchn/o

viscera (internal organs)
spin/o

spine (backbone)
spir/o

to breathe
splen/o

spleen
spondyl/o

vertebra (backbone)
squam/o

scale
-stalsis

contraction
staped/o

stapes (middle ear bone)
staphyl/o

clusters; uvula
-stasis

stopping; controlling; placing
-static

pertaining to stopping; controlling
steat/o

fat; sebum
sten/o

narrowing
-stenosis

tightening; stricture
ster/o

solid structure; steroid
stere/o

solid; three-dimensional
stern/o

sternum (breastbone)
steth/o

chest
-sthenia

strength
-stitial

pertaining to standing or positioned
stomat/o

mouth
-stomia

condition of the mouth
-stomy

new opening to form a mouth
strept/o

twisted chains
styl/o

pole or stake
sub-

under; below
submaxill/o

mandible (lower jaw bone)
-suppression

stopping
supra-

above; upper
sym-

together; with
syn-

together; with
syncop/o

to cut off, cut short; faint
syndesm/o

ligament
synov/o

synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon
syring/o

tube
tachy-

fast
tars/o

tarsus; hindfoot or ankle (7 bones between the foot and the leg)
tax/o

order; coordination
tel/o

complete
tele/o

distant
ten/o

tendon
tendin/o

tendon
-tension

pressure
terat/o

monster; malformed fetus
test/o

testis (testicle)
tetra-

four
thalam/o

thalamus
thalass/o

sea
the/o

put; place
thec/o

sheath
thel/o

nipple
therapeut/o

treatment
-therapy

treatment
therm/o

heat
thorac/o

chest
-thorax

chest; pleural cavity
thromb/o

clot
thym/o

thymus gland
-thymia

mind (condition of)
-thymic

pertaining to mind
thyr/o

thyroid gland; shield
thyroid/o

thyroid gland
tibi/o

tibia (shin bone)
-tic

pertaining to
toc/o

labor; birth
-tocia

labor; birth (conditon of)
-tocin

labor; birth (a substance for)

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Phl-Toc : Med c/f, prefixes, suffixes

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Phl-Toc, continuing c/f, prefixes, and suffixes

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