LO4- Prefix terms

abdomin/o

abdomen

an/o

anus (opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body)

bi/o

life

cardi/o

heart

carp/o

carpals (wrist bone)

cis/o

to cut

cost/o

ribs

crani/o

skull

cutane/o

skin

dur/o

dura mater (outermost meningeal membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord)

gen/o

to produce, to begin

glyc/o

sugar

hemat/o

blood

later/o

side

men/o

menses (monthly discharge of blood from the lining of the uterus)

nat/i

birth

neur/o

nerve

norm/o

rule, order

oste/o

bone

ox/o

oxygen

peritone/o

peritoneum (membrane surrounding the organs in the abdomen)

plas/o

formation, growth, development

ren/o

kidney

scapul/o

scapula (shoulder blade)

son/o

sound

thyroid/o

thyroid gland

top/o

to put, place, position

troph/o

development, nourishment

urethr/o

urethra (tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body)

uter/o

uterus

ven/o

vein

vertebr/o

vertebra (backbone)

-al

pertaining to

-ation

process, condition

-cision

process of cutting

-crine

secretion

-dipsia

thirst

-emia

blood condition

-gen

to produce

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition

-ic

pertaining to

-ine

pertaining to

-ism

condition, process

-lapse

to fall, slide

-lysis

loosening, breakdown, seperation, destruction

-meter

to measure

-mission

to send

-mortem

death

-oma

tumor, mass

-ous

pertaining to

-partum

birth

-pathy

disease condition

-phagia

eating

-plasia

formation (condition)

-plasm

formation (tissue)

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing

-ptom

a happening

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-scopy

process of visual examination

-section

to cut

-stasis

to stand, place, stop, control

-tension

pressure

thesis

to put, place (state of putting or placing)

-tic

pertaining to

-trophy

nourishment; development

-um

structure

-uria

urine condition

-y

process, condition

con-

with, together

dia-

complete, through

ec-

out, outside

dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

endo-

within, in, inner

epi-

above, upon

ex-

out

extra-

outside of

hemi-

half

mal-

bad

meta-

change, beyond

neo-

new

para-

beside, near, along the side of

peri-

surrounding

poly-

many, much

post-

after, behind

pre-

before

pro-, pros-

before, forward

quadri-

four

re-

back, behind

retro-

back, behind

sub-

under, less than

syn-

with, together

tachy-

fast

trans-

across, through

tri-

three

ultra-

beyond

uni-

one

a-, an-

no, not, without

ab-

away from