CC 306M - CHAPTER 4

iatr/o

medicine, physician

Iatrogenic

-iatry

medical treatment

psychiatry

medic/o

medicine, medicinal treatment

Medicochirurgical, medication

therap/o

treatment

Therapist

therapeut/o

treatment

therapeutic

-therapy

treatment

aromatherapy

pharmac/o

drugs, medicine

Pharmacochemistry

pharmaceutic/o

drugs, medicine

pharmaceutical

diet/o

food

Dietitian

chirurgic/o

surgery

Odontochirurgical

log/o

word, speech

Logorrhea

-logy

the study of

arthrology

nom/o

law, custom

Ergonomics

-nomy

knowledge/laws of

taxonomy

physi/o

nature, growth, function

Physiognomy

physic/o

physical, natural

physicochemical

techn/o

art, skill

Technology, technophobic

erg/o

work, function

Synergic

-ergasia

work, function

hyperergasia

san/o

health

Sane

sanit/o

health

insanity

hygien/o

health

Hygienist

hygiei/o

health

hygieiology

anthrop/o

human

Anthropoid, anthropology

hom/o

human, same

Homicidal

homin/o

human

hominid

idi/o

individual, distinct

Idiopathic, idioglossia

dem/o

people

Epidemic, demographics

ethn/o

race, culture

Ethnography, ethnocentric

gen/o

race, kind, hereditary, gene

Genodermatosis, genogram

andr/o

male, masculine, stamen of a flower

Androgen, android

viril/o

male, masculine

Virilism, virile

gyn/o

Female, feminine, pistil of a flower (gynoecium)

Androgynous

gynec/o

Female, feminine, pistil of a flower (gynoecium)

gynecoid

femin/o

female, feminine

Feminine, feminism

ped/o

child, foot

Pediatric, pedodontics

pueril/o

child

Puerile, puerilism

ger/o

elderly, old age

Geriatrics

geront/o

elderly, old age

gerontology

presby/o

elderly, old age

Presbyacusia, presbyiatrics

sen/o

elderly, old age

Senescence

senil/o

elderly, old age

senility

gnos/o

knowledge, knowing

Agnosia, prognosis, agnostic, physiognomy

gnost/o

knowledge, knowing

agnostic

-gnosia

knowledge, knowing

Agnosia

-gnosis

knowledge, knowing

prognosis

-gnomy

a means of knowing

physiognomy

eti/o

cause

Etiology, etiotropic

aeti/o

cause

Etiology, etiotropic

esthesi/o

sensation, feeling

Esthesiology

-esthesia

sensation, feeling

anesthesia

morb/o

disease

Morbific, premorbid

nos/o

disease

nosology, hematonosis

-nosis

disease

nosology, hematonosis

path-

one affected by a disease, one who treats a disease

Pathogen

-pathy

disease, feeling, suffering

sympathy

-path

disease, feeling, suffering

osteopath

mort/o

death

Mortality, premortal

thanat/o

death

Thanatomania

-thanasia

death

euthanasia

necr/o

dead body, dead

Necrosis, necropsy

febr/o

fever

Postfebrile, afebrile

pyr/o

fever, fire

Pyrogen

pyret/o

fever, fire

antipyretic

pyret-

fever

antipyretic

hem/o

blood

Hemolytic

hemat/o

blood

hematology

-emia

condition of blood

ischemia

-hemia

blood

poly-

many

polypnea, polyuria

mult/i

many

Multi‐infection, multifid

cal/o

heat, calorie

Calefacient

calor/o

heat, calorie

caloric

rubr/o

red, redness

Rubrospinal, rubrothalamic

erythr/o

red, redness (red blood cells)

Erythropenia, erythrocyte

tum/o

swelling, tumor, abnormal mass

Tumefacient, tumescence

onc/o

swelling, tumor, abnormal mass

Oncocyte

-oncus

swelling, tumor, abnormal mass

blepharoncus

edemat/o

swelling

edematous

-edema

swelling

cephaledema

troph/o

nourishment, growth

Trophectoderm

-trophy

nourishment, growth

hypertrophy

tabet/o

wasting

Tabetic

cel/o

hernia, protrusion

Celosomia

kel/o

hernia, protrusion

keloid

-cele

hernia, protrusion

enterocele

cyt/o

cell

cytogenesis, cytotoxin

cell/o

cell

cellucidal

cellul/o

cell

bicellular

cancer/o

cancer, crab

Precancerous, cancerology

carcin/o

cancer, crab

Carcinogen, carcinomata

mal/o

bad, faulty

Malocclusion

malign/o

bad, faulty, cancerous, becoming worse

malignant

kak/o

bad, faulty

kakidrosis

cac/o

bad, faulty

cacogeusia

phlog/o

inflammation

Phlogogenic, antiphlogistic

dolor/o

pain

Dolorimeter, dolorific

noc/o

pain

Nociceptive

noxi/o

pain

noxious

alg/o

pain

Algophobia