Tyagi, Avantika - 1st Period - Unit 3: Word Parts List

Abbreviations, Prefixes, Roots, & Suffixes

Abbreviations:

Starting from below:

Bx

biopsy

CA

cancer

cm

centimeter

Hx

history

I&D

incision and drainage

LLE

left lower extremity

LUE

left upper extremity

NKA

no known allergies

NS

nonsmoker

OTC

over-the-counter

PCP

primary care physician

PRN or p.r.n.

as needed

Pt or pt.

patient

RLE

right lower extremity

RUE

right upper extremity

SLE

systemic lupus erythematosus

sq/subcu/subq

subcutaneous

y/o

years old

Prefixes:

Starting from below:

a-, an-

not, without

auto-

self

e-, ex-

out, away from

epi-

on, over, upon

hyper-

above, high, excessive

hypo-

below, low, deficient

in-

in, into, not

inter-

between

intra-

within, into

para-

near, beside, alongside, beyond, abnormal

per-

through

sub-

under, below, beneath

Roots:

Starting from below:

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat, fatty tissue

albin/o

white

aut/o

self, same

bi/o

life

blephar/o

eyelid

carcin/o

cancer

caus/o

burn, burning, heat

cauter/o

heat, burn

chem/o

chemical, drug

chrom/o

color

cis/o

to cut

cry/o

cold or freezing

crypt/o

hidden

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

cyt/o

cell

derm/a

skin

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

diaphor/o

profuse sweating

ecchym/o

blood in the tissues

erythem/o

redness

erythemat/o

redness

erythr/o

red

heter/o

different, other

hidr/o

sweat

hist/o

tissue

hom/o

same, alike

ichthy/o

dry, scaly

immun/o

immune, protection

integument/o

covering

jaund/o

yellow

kerat/o

horny tissue, hard, or cornea of the eye

leuk/o

white

lip/o

fat or lipid

melan/o

black

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

onych/o

fingernail, toenail

papill/o

nipple-like

pil/o

hair, hair follicle

prurit/o

itching

psor/o

itching

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

scler/o

hardening

seb/o

sebum (oil, grease, fat)

squam/o

scale or scale-like

steat/o

fat, sebum

therm/o

hot, heat

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

xanth/o

yellow, yellowish

xen/o

foreign or strange

xer/o

dry or dryness

Suffixes:

Starting from below:

-al, -ary, -ic, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-cyte

cell

-derma

skin

-dermis

skin

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision

-ema

condition

-esis

action, condition, state of

-esthesia

feeling, sensation

-genesis

formation

-iasis

abnormal condition