Word Parts (Prefixes, Suffixes, Combining Forms) – Chapter 10

acro-

peak, highest point

afferent

bring to

efferent

bring away from

-alges-

pain sensation

-algia

pain

angi/o-

blood vessel

anxi/o-

anxiety

aqua-

water

-arachn-

cobweb, spider

-ase

enzyme

-asthenia

weakness

-ate

composed of

-ation

process, condition

-ator

one who does

auto-

self

bi-

two

brady-

slow

carcin-

cancer

-cele

hernia

-centesis

puncture

cephal-

head

cerebr/o-

brain

cervic-

neck

chir/o-

hand

-cide

kill

clon-

tumult

co-

together

com-

together

con-

together

coni-

dust

contra-

against

crani/o-

skull

-cutane-

skin

-cyte

cell

de-

removal, without

delus-

deceive

dendr-

tree

demi-

half

-derm-

skin

di-

two

dis-

apart, away from, negative

-drome

running

dys-

bad, difficult

-ectasis

dilation

-ectomy

excision

electr/o-

electricity

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood condition

encephal/o-

brain

endo-

inside

enter/o-

intestine

epi-

upon, above

-er

one who

esthes-

feeling, sensation

eu-

normal, good

exo-

outside

extra-

outside

-genic

producing

-gen

produce, create

glia

glue

-grade

going

-graph

record, write

-graphy

process of recording

hemi-

half

hemat-

blood

hem/o-

blood

hydr/o-

water

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

below, deficient

-ia

condition

-iasis

condition

-ic

pertaining to

-ical

pertaining to

-ile

pertaining to

-ine

pertaining to, substance

inter-

between

intra-

inside

-ism

process, condition

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-ity

state, condition

-ive

nature of, quality of

-ize

action

-lapse

to slide, fall

-lepsy

seizure

-leptic

seizure

-less

without

-lepsy

seizure

-leptic

seizure

-lith

stone

-lithiasis

condition of stones

-logist

one who studies, specialist

-logy

study of

-lysis

destruction

-lytic

soluble

mal-

bad, difficult

-mania

frenzy

mast-

breast

mening/o-

meninges

meter

measure