health science theory chapter 1

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -iac, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ior

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision

-emia

blood condition

-gen

substance that produces

-ia

condition

-ine

a substance (noun) pertaining to (adjective)

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor, mass

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-stomy

surgical repair

-tomy

process of cutting, incision

-um

structure, tissue, thing

a-, an-

not without

ante-

before

anti-

against

bi-

two, both

brady-

slow

endo-

in, within

epi-

on, over, upon

hyper-

above, above normal, excessive

hypo-

below normal, deficient

inter-

between

intra-

within; into

peri-

around, surrounding

sub-

below; under

supra-

above

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

anter/o

front

arthr/o

front

bi/o

life

cardi/o

heart

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

dist/o

away from the point of origin; far; distant

cervic/o

neck, cervix (neck of cervix)

col/o, colon/o

large intestine, colon

cost/o

rib

cyt/o

cell

dors/o

back of the body

enter/o

intestines (usually the small ones)

gastr/o

stomach

glyc/o

sugar, glucose

hepat/o

liver

hist/o

tissue

infer/o

below

later/o

side

lip/o

fat

log/o

study

medi/o

middle

my/o

muscle

neur/o

nerve

path/o

disease

poster/o

back of body, behind

proxim/o

near the point of origin, near, close

sarc/o

flesh, connective tissue

super/o

above

thorac/o

chest

ventr/o

belly side of body, ventral aspect

viscer/o

internal organs