medical terminology chapter 2 combining forms, prefixes, suffixes

abdomin/o

abdomen

anter/o

front

astr/o

star; star-shaped

bol/o

cast; throw

carcin/o

cancer

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

chondr/o

cartilage

crani/o

skull

cyt/o

cell

dist/o

away from the point of origin; far; distant

dors/o

back of the body

fibr/o

fiber

gastr/o

stomach

hemat/o

blood

hist/o

tissue

infer/o

below

is/o

same, equal

kary/o

nucleus

later/o

side

lumb/o

lumbar region; loin

medi/o

middle

path/o

disease

pelv/i

pelvis

physi/o

function

poster/o

back of body; behind

proxim/o

near the point of origin; near; close

spin/o

spine

super/o

above

thorac/o

chest

ton/o

tone; tension

umbilic/o

umbilicus (belly button)

vente/o

belly side of body; ventral aspect

viscer/o

internal organs

-al, -ar, -iac, -ic, -ior, -tic

pertaining to

-blast

develping cell

-cyte

cell

-gen

substance that produces

-genesis

formation

-ism

process; condition

-logy

study of

-osis

process; abnormal condition

-plasia

development; formation

-tomy

process of cutting; incision

a-

not ; without

ana-

apart

endo-

in; within

epi-

on; over; upon

eu-

good; normal

exo-

outward

hyper-

above; above normal; excessive

hypo-

below; below normal; deficient

pro-

before; forward

trans-

across