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aden/o
CF for gland
arthr/o
CF for joint
bi/o
CF for life
carcin/o
CF for cancerous
cardi/o
CF for heart
cephal/o
CF for head
cerebr/o
CF for cerebrum
cyst/o
CF for urinary bladder
dermat/o
CF for skin
electr/o
CF for electricity
encephal/o
CF for brain
enter/o
CF for small intestine
erythr/o
CF for red
gastr/o
CF for stomach
gnos/o
CF for knowledge
gynec/o
CF for woman, female
hemat/o
CF for blood
hepat/o
CF for liver
lapar/o
CF for abdomen
leuk/o
CF for white
nephr/o, ren/o
CF for kidney (2)
neur/o
CF for nerve
onc/o
CF for tumor
ophthalm/o
CF for eye
oste/o
CF for bone
path/o
CF for disease
psych/o
CF for mind
rhin/o
CF for nose
sarc/o
CF for flesh
thromb/o
CF for clot
-al, -ic
S for pertaining to
-algia
S for pain
-cyte
S for cell
-ectomy
S for removal, excision
-emia
S for blood condition
-gram
S for record
-itis
S for inflammation
-logist
S for specialist in the study of
-logy
S for study of
-oma
S for tumor, mass
-osis
S for abnormal condition
-scope
S for instrument to visually examine
-scopy
S for process of visual examination
-tomy
S for process of cutting; incision
-ism
S for condition: process
a-, an-
P for no, not
dia-
P for complete, through
endo-
P for within
exo-
P for outside
hyper-
P for too much, excessive
hypo-
P for below, less than normal
pro-
P for before
retro-
P for behind
trans-
P for across, through
re-
P for back
leukocyte
white blood cell
hematoma
collection (mass) of blood
osteitis
inflammation of bone
cystoscopy
visual examination of the urinary bladder
enteritis
inflammation of the small intestine
gynecologist
specialist in women's diseases
hypertension
high blood pressure
neurotomy
incision of a nerve
adenoma
benign tumor of a gland
hypothyroidism
condition of low level of hormone secreted by a thyroid gland
erythrocyte
red blood cell
transurethral
pertaining to through the urethra
nephrectomy
resection of a kidney
biopsy
removal of living tissue and examination under a microscope
psychosis
abnormal condition of the mind
arthralgia
pain of a joint
subhepatic
pertaining to under the liver
sarcoma
cancerous tumor of connective (flesh) tissue
anemia
deficiency of red blood cells
thrombocyte
platelet; clotting cell
Word root
gives essential meaning of the term
Suffix
is the word ending
Prefix
a small part added to the beginning of a term
Combining vowel
connects roots to suffixes and roots to other roots
Combining form
the combination of the word root and the combining vowel
my/o
CF for muscle
myel/o
CF for spinal cord or bone marrow
-globin
S for protein
-opsy
S for to view
-sis
S for state of
aut-
P for self
dys-
P for bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
sub-
P for below, under
melan/o
CF for dark brown, black
cyan/o
CF for blue
lute/o
CF for yellow
poli/o
CF for gray
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