Chap 2 prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

cyt/o

cell(s)

epitheli/o

epithelium, epithelial tissue

fibr/o

fiber(s), fibrous tissue

hemat/o

blood

hist/o

tissue(s)

lip/o

fat, fat tissue

my/o

muscle, muscle tissue

neur/o

nerve(s), nerve tissue

organ/o

organ

sarc/o

flesh, connective tissue

system/o

system

viscer/o

internal organs

aut/o

self

bi/o

life

cancer/o

cancer

carcin/o

cancer

crypt/o

hidden

necr/o

death (cells, body)

eti/o

cause (of disease)

gno/o

knowledge

iatr/o

physician, medicine

lei/o

smooth

onc/o

tumor, mass

path/o

disease

rhabd/o

rod-shaped, striated

vir/o

virus

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

xanth/o

yellow

dia-

through, complete

dys-

painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

hyper-

above, excessive

hypo-

below, incomplete, deficient, under

meta-

after, beyond, change

micro-

small

neo-

new

pro-

before

-al, -ic, -ous

pertaining to

-cyte

cell

-gen

substance or agent that produces or causes

-genic

producing, originating, causing

-logist

one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor, swelling

-opsy

viewing of, viewing

-osis

abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)

-pathy

disease

-plasia

condition of formation, development, growth

-plasm

growth, substance, formation

-sarcoma

malignant tumor

-sis

state of

-stasis

control, stop, standing