Chapter 3: Combining Forms, Prefixes, & Suffixes

-al

pertaining to

-derma

skin, skin condition

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-ia

state, condition

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ic

pertaining to

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-malacia

abnormal softening

-oma

mass, tumor

-opsy

view of

-osis

abnormal condition

-ous

pertaining to

-phagia

eat, swallow

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

discharge

-tic

pertaining to

-tome

instrument to cut

-ule

small

albin/o

white

angi/o

vessel

bas/o

base

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer

cauter/o

to burn

chem/o

chemical

cis/o

to cut

cortic/o

outer layer

cry/o

cold

cutane/o

skin

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

diaphor/o

profuse sweating

electr/o

electricity

erythr/o

red

esthesi/o

feeling

hem/o

blood

hidr/o

sweat

ichty/o

scaly, dry

kerat/o

hard, horny

leuk/o

white

lip/o

fat

melan/o

black

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

onych/o

nail

pedicul/o

lice

phot/o

light

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

sarc/o

flesh

scler/o

hard

seb/o

oil

septic/o

infection

system/o

system

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

vesic/o

bladder, sac

xer/o

dry

allo-

other

an-

without

anti-

against

auto-

self

de-

without

epi-

above

ex-

outward

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

below

intra-

within

para-

beside

sub-

under

xeno-

foreign