Chapter 13: Combing Forms, Prefixes, & Suffixes

acous/o

Combining Form Meaning: hearing

audi/o

Combining Form Meaning: hearing

audit/o

Combining Form Meaning: hearing

aur/o

Combining Form Meaning: ear

articul/o

Combining Form Meaning: ear

ambly/o

Combining Form Meaning: dull, dim

bi/o

Combining Form Meaning: life

aque/o

Combining Form Meaning: water

blast/o

Combining Form Meaning: immature

blephar/o

Combining Form Meaning: eyelid

cerumin/o

Combining Form Meaning: cerumen

chromat/o

Combining Form Meaning: color

conjunctiv/o

Combining Form Meaning: conjunctiva

corne/o

Combining Form Meaning: cornea

cycl/o

Combining Form Meaning: ciliary body

cochle/o

Combining Form Meaning: cochlea

dacry/o

Combining Form Meaning: tears

dipl/o

Combining Form Meaning: double

emmetr/o

Combining Form Meaning: correct, proper

glauc/o

Combining Form Meaning: gray

ir/o

Combining Form Meaning: iris

irid/o

Combining Form Meaning: eye

kerat/o

Combining Form Meaning: cornea

lacrim/o

Combining Form Meaning: tears

labyrinth/o

Combining Form Meaning: inner ear, labyrinth

laryng/o

Combining Form Meaning: larynx

macul/o

Combining Form Meaning: macula lutea

mi/o

Combining Form Meaning: lessening

myc/o

Combining Form Meaning: fungus

mydr/i

Combining Form Meaning: widening

mying/o

Combining Form Meaning: tympanic membrane

neur/o

Combining Form Meaning: nerve

nyctal/o

Combining Form Meaning: night

ocul/o

Combining Form Meaning: eye

ophthalm/o

Combining Form Meaning: eye

opt/o

Combining Form Meaning: eye, vision

optic/o

Combining Form Meaning: eye, vision

ot/o

Combining Form Meaning: ear

papill/o

Combining Form Meaning: optic disk

phac/o

Combining Form Meaning: lens

phot/o

Combining Form Meaning: light

presby/o

Combining Form Meaning: old age

pupill/o

Combining Form Meaning: pupil

py/o

Combining Form Meaning: pus

retin/o

Combining Form Meaning: retina

rhin/o

Combining Form Meaning: nose

salping/o

Combining Form Meaning: auditory tube, eustachian tube

scler/o

Combining Form Meaning: sclera

staped/o

Combining Form Meaning: stapes

stigmat/o

Combining Form Meaning: point

tympan/o

Combining Form Meaning: tympanic membrane

uve/o

Combining Form Meaning: choroid

vestibul/o

Combining Form Meaning: vestibule

vitre/o

Combining Form Meaning: glassy

-al

Prefix Meaning: pertaining to

-algia

Prefix Meaning: pain

-ar

Prefix Meaning: pertaining to

-cusis

Prefix Meaning: hearing

-ectomy

Prefix Meaning: surgical removal

-emetic

Prefix Meaning: pertaining to vomiting

-gram

Prefix Meaning: record

-ic

Prefix Meaning: pertaining to

-itis

Prefix Meaning: inflammation

-ician

Prefix Meaning: specialist

-logy

Prefix Meaning: study of

-meter

Prefix Meaning: instrument to measure

-metry

Prefix Meaning: process of measuring

-metrist

Prefix Meaning: specialist in measuring

-oma

Prefix Meaning: mass, tumor

-ory

Prefix Meaning: pertaining to

-osis

Prefix Meaning: abnormal condition

-otia

Prefix Meaning: ear condition

-otomy

Prefix Meaning: cutting into

-opia

Prefix Meaning: vision condition

-opsia

Prefix Meaning: vision condition

-plasty

Prefix Meaning: surgical repair

-phobia

Prefix Meaning: fear

-rrhagia

Prefix Meaning: abnormal flow condition

-rrhea

Prefix Meaning: discharge

-rrhexis

Prefix Meaning: rupture

-sclerosis

Prefix Meaning: hardening

-scope

Prefix Meaning: instrument to visually examine

-scopy

Prefix Meaning: process of visually examining

-tic

Prefix Meaning: pertaining to

an-

Suffix Meaning: without

anti-

Suffix Meaning: against

bi-

Suffix Meaning: two

eso-

Suffix Meaning: inward

exo-

Suffix Meaning: outward

macro-

Suffix Meaning: large

micro-

Suffix Meaning: small

mono-

Suffix Meaning: one

myo-

Suffix Meaning: to shut