The language of medicine 13th edition (CHAPTER 1)

aden/o

gland (combining form)

arthr/o

joint (combining form)

bi/o

life (combining form)

carcin/o

cancerous, cancer (combining form)

-oma

tumor ,mass, or swelling (suffix)

-itis

inflammation (suffix)

cardi/o

heart (combining form)

cephal/o

head (combining form)

-ic , -ical, -al, -ac

pertaining to (suffix)

cerebr/o

cerebrum= largest part of the brain (combining form)

cis/o

to cut (combining form)

-ion

process (suffix)

ex- , exo-

out, outside of, outward (prefix)

crin/o

to secrete, to form and give off (combining form)

endo-

within (prefix)

cyst/o

urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst/ sac containing fluid (combining form)

-scopy

visual examination (complex suffix)

-y

process, condition (suffix)

cyt/o

cell (combining form)

derm/o

skin (combining form)

hypo-

deficient, under, below, less than normal (prefix)

electr/o

electricity (combining form)

-gram

record (suffix)

encephal/o

brain (combining form)

enter/o

intestines, usually the small intestines (combining form)

erythr/o

red (combining form)

-cyte

cell (suffix)

gastr/o

stomach (combining form)

-ectomy

excision or removal (suffix)

-tomy

process of cutting, incision (complex suffix)

glyc/o

sugar (combining form)

hyper-

excessive, above, or more than normal (prefix)

-emia

blood condition (suffix)

gnos/o

knowledge (combining form)

dia-

complete, through (prefix)

-sis

state of; condition (suffix)

pro-

before, forward (prefix)

gynec/o

women/female (combining form)

hemat/o, hem/o

Blood (combining form)

-globin

protein (suffix)

hepta/o

liver (combining form)

iatr/o

treatment, physician (combining form)

-genic

pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in (suffix)

leuk/o

white (combining form)

log/o

study of (combining form)

nephr/o

kidney (combining form)

neur/o

nerve (combining form)

onc/o

tumor (cancerous) (combining form)

-ist

one who specializes in a field of medicine (suffix)

ophthalm/o

eye (combining form)

-scope

an instrument for visual examination (Suffix)

oste/o

bone (combining form)

path/o

disease (combining form)

ped/o

child (combining form)

psych/o

mind (combining form)

radi/o

x-rays (combining form)

ren/o

kidney (combining form)

rhin/o

nose (combining form)

sarc/o

flesh (combining form)

sect/o

to cut (combining form)

re-

back, backward, again (prefix)

thromb/o

clot, clotting (combining form)

ur/o

urinary tract, urine (combining form)

-algia

pain (suffix)

-logy

process of study (suffix)

-opsy

process of viewing (suffix)

-osis

condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) (suffix)

-pathy

disease condition (suffix)

a-, an-

no, not, without (prefix)

aut- , auto-

self, own (prefix)

epi-

above, upon (prefix)

in-

into, in (prefix)

peri-

surrounding, around (prefix)

-um

a structure (suffix)

retro-

behind (prefix)

sub-

below, under (prefix)

trans-

across, through (prefix)