HSCI147 Ch 1 Key Terms

Word Roots, Combining Forms, Prefix, Suffix

ante-

forward, in front of, before

anti-

against

dys-

abnormal, difficult, bad, painful

Endo-

in, inner, inside, WITHIN

hyper-

excessive, above

hypo-

deficient, below

neo-

new

per-

through

peri-

surrounding

A-

no, not, without

An-

no, not, without

Epi-

above, upon

inter-

between

Intra-

withIN

Par-

near, beside

Para-

near, beside

Poly-

many, much, excessive, frequent

Post-

after, behind

Pre-

before, in front of

Sub-

under, below

Trans-

through, across

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-ectomy

removal

-graphy

process of recording

-itis

inflammation of

-logy

the study of

-plasty

surgical repair

-scope

instrument used for

-tomy

incision, cutting

-icle

small, tiny

-is

structure, thing

-ole

small, tiny

-ule

small, tiny

-um

structure, thing, membrane

-y

process of, condition

-ac

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-cele

herniation

-dynia

pain

-emia

blood condition

-ia

condition

-malacia

softening (maleable)

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor, mass

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease process

-ptosis

prolapse, drooping, sagging

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth

-rrhea

rupture

-sclerosis

abnormal condition of hardening

-stenosis

abnormal condition of hardening

-metry

process of measuring

-opsy

process of viewing

-scopy

process of viewing

-centisis

surgical procedure

-rrhaphy

suture, repair

-stomy

new opening

-tripsy

cutting

-graph

instrument to record

-meter

instrument to measure

-tome

instrument to cut

-tripter

machine to crush

-trite

instrument to crush

-er

one who

-iatrician

one who specializes in treatment

-iatrics

treatment

-iatrist

one who specializes in treatment

-iatry

process of treatment

-ist

one who specializes

-logist

one who specializes in the study of

arthr/o

joints

cardi/o

heart

col/o

large intestine, colon

cyst/o

bladder

enter/o

small intestine

gastr/o

stomach

gloss/o

tongue

hepat/o

liver

hyster/o

uterus

mamm/o

breasts

nat/o

birth, born

neur/o

nerve

opthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bones

path/o

disease

ped/o

child

rhin/o

nose

therm/o

temperature

arteri/o

artery

bacteri/o

bacteria

bi/o

living, life

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck, cervix

chondr/o

cartilage

coron/o

crown, heart