SP25 Final Exam Word Parts

a-

without, away from

an-

without

anti-

against

auto-

self

brady-

slow

dys-

painful, difficult, abnormal

endo-

within, inner

epi-

epigastric

eu-

normal, good

ex-

external, outward

exo-

outward

extra-

outside of

hyper-

over, above, excessive

hypo-

under, below

in-

not, inward

inter-

among, between

intra-

within, inside

macro-

large

micro-

small

neo-

new

para-

beside, near, abnorma; two in a pair

peri-

around

post-

after

pre-

before, in front of

re-

again

retro-

again

retro-

backward, behind

sub-

below, under

tachy-

rapid, fast

trans-

across, through

bi-

two

hemi-

half

mono-

one

multi-

many

nulli-

none

pan-

all

poly-

many, excessive

quadri-

four

semi-

partial half

tri-

three

-algia

pain

-cele

hernia, protrusion

-cyte

cell

-dynia

pain

-ectasis

dilation

-gen

that which produces

-genic

producing, produced by

-ia

state, condition

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation, infection

-logic

pertaining to the study of

-logist

one who studies

-logy

study of

-lytic

destruction

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement, large

-oma

tumor, mass, swelling

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage

excessive, abnormal flow

-rrhagia

abnormal flow condition

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-rrhexis

rupture or breaking

-sclerosis

hardening

-stenosis

narrowing

-therapy

treatment

-trophy

nourishment, development

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -tic, -eal, ic, -ory, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-centesis

puncture to withdraw fluid

-ectomy

surgical removal

-ostomy

surgically create an opening

-tomy

cutting into

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture

-gram

record or picture

-graphy

process of recording

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

process of measuring

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopy

process of visually examining

abdomin/o

abdomen

adip/o

fat

anter/o

front

brachi/o

arm

cyt/o`

cell

dist/o

away from

dors/o

back of body

hist/o

tissue

infer/o

below

inguin/o

groin

later/o

side

medi/o

middle

opthalm/o

eye

ot/o

ear

pariet/o

cavity wall

poster/o

back, behind

proxim/o

near to