Word Parts (Prefixes, Suffixes, Combining Forms) – Chapter 12

aden/o-

gland

adren/o-

adrenal gland

andr/o-

male

calc/i-

calcium

cortic/o-

cortex

crani/o-

skull

-crine

secrete

dips-

thirst

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

endo-

within

exo-

outward

-gen

produce

genit-

sex organs

gluc/o-

glucose

glyc/o-

glucose, glycogen

gonad/o-

testis, ovary

hyper-

excessive, above

hypo-

deficient, below

-ism

condition

-itis

inflammation

kal-

potassium

lact-

milk

-lepsy

seizure

-lith

stone

logist

specialist

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-opsy

view

-osis

condition

ot/o-

ear

pan-

all

para-

adjacent

pathy

disease

phag-

eat

plasia

formation

-plasty

repair

pnea

breathing

poly-

many, excessive

pro-

before

ptosis

drooping

pyrex-

fever

ren-

kidney

rrhage

bursting forth

scler/o-

hard

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopy

to examine

somat/o-

body

-stomy

new opening

thyr/o-

thyroid

tome

cutting instrument

-tomy

incision

-tropic

turning toward

-tropin

stimulation

ur-

urine