Chapter 8: Combining Forms, Prefixes, & Suffixes

an/o

anus

append/o

appendix

appendic/o

appendix

bar/o

weight

bucc/o

cheek

cec/o

cecum

cholangi/o

bile duct

chol/e

bile, gall

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

common bile duct

cirrh/o

yellow

col/o

colon

colon/o

colon

dent/o

tooth

diverticul/o

pouch

duoden/o

duodenum

enter/o

small intestine

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o

tongue

hepat/o

liver

ile/o

ileum

jejun/o

jejunum

labi/o

lip

lapar/o

abdomen

lingu/o

tongue

lith/o

stone

odont/o

tooth

or/o

mouth

palat/o

palate

pancreat/o

pancreas

pharyng/o

throat, pharynx

polyp/o

polyp

proct/o

anus and rectum

pylor/o

pylorus

pyr/o

fire

rect/o

rectum

carcin/o

cancer

cutane/o

skin

cyst/o

bladder, sac

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

mandibul/o

mandible

nas/o

nose

ven/o

vein

sialaden/o

salivary gland

sigmoid/o

sigmoid gland

-ac

pertaining ro

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-ar

pertaining to

-centesis

process of removing fluid

-eal

pertaining to

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emesis

vomit, vomiting

-emetic

pertaining to vomit

-gram

record-

-graphy

process of recording

-iatric

pertaining to medical, pertaining to medical treatment

-ic

pertaining to

-istry

specialty of

-itis

inflammation

-lithiasis

condition of stones

-logy

study of

-oma

tumor

-orexia

apetite

-osis

abnormal condition

-ostomy

surgically create an opening

-otomy

cutting into

-ous

pertaining to

-pepsia

digestion

-pexy

surgical fixation

-phagia

eat, swallow

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

aralysis

-prandial

pertaining to a meal

-ptosis

drooping

-scope

instrument to view

-scopic

pertaining to visually examining

-tripsy

surgical crushing

a-

without

an-

without

anti-

against

brady-

slow

dys-

abnormal, painful, difficult

endo-

within

ex-

outward

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

below

in-

inward

intra-

within

per-

through

peri-

around

poly-

many

post-

after

re-

again

retro-

backward

sub-

under

trans-

across