Covington, Sloan - 3rd Period Unit 3 Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes, Abbreviations

root: aden/o

gland

root: adip/o

fat, fatty tissue

root: albin/o

white

root: aut/o

self, same

root: bi/o

life

root: blephar/o

eyelid

root: carcin/o

cancer

root: caus/o

burn, burning, heat

root: cauter/o

heat burn

root: chem/o

chemical, drug

root: chrom/o

color

root: cis/o

to cut

root: cry/o

cold or freezing

root: crypt/o

hidden

root: cutane/o

skin

root: cyan/o

blue

root: cyt/o

cell

root: derm/a

skin

root: derm/o

skin

root: dermat/o

skin

root: diaphor/o

profuse swelling

root: ecchym/o

blood in the tissues

root: erythemat/o

redness

root: erythem/o

redness

root: erythr/o

red

root: heter/o

different, other

root: hidr/o

sweat

root: hist/o

tissue

root: hom/o

same, alike

root: ichthy/o

drry, scaly

root: immun/o

immune, protection

root: integument/o

covering

root: jaund/o

yellow

root: kerat/o

horny tissue, hard, or cornea of the eye

root: leuk/o

white

root: lip/o

fat or lipid

root: melan/o

black

root: myc/o

fungus

root: necr/o

death

root: onych/o

fingernail, toenail

root: papill/o

nipple-like

root: pil/o

hair, hair follicle

root: prurit/o

itching

root: psor/o

itching

root: py/o

pus

root: rhytid/o

wrinkle

root: scler/o

hardening

root: seb/o

sebum (oil, grease, fat)

root: squam/o

scale or scale-like

root: steat/o

fat, sebum

root: therm/o

hot, heat

root: trich/o

hair

root: ungu/o

nail

root: xanth/o

yellow, yellowish

root: xen/o

foreign or strange

root: xero

dry or dryness

prefix: a-, an-

without, not

prefix: auto-

self

prefix: e-, ex-

out, away from

prefix: epi-

on, over, upon

prefix: hyper-

above, high, excessive

prefix: hypo-

below, low, deficient

prefix: in-

into, in, not

prefix: inter-

between

prefix: intra-

within, into

prefix: para-

near, beside, alongside, beyond, abnormal

prefix: per-

through

prefix: sub-

under, below, beneath

suffix: -al, -ary, -ic, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

suffix: -cyte

cell

suffix: -derma

skin

suffix: -dermis

skin

suffix: -ectomy

surgical removal, excision

suffix: -ema

condition

suffix: -esis

action, condition, state of

suffix: -esthesia

feeling, sensation

suffix: -genesis

formation

suffix: -iasis

abnormal condition

suffix: -ion

process, state, condition

suffix: -ism

process, condition

suffix: -itis

inflammation

suffix: -logy

study of

suffix: -oma

mass, tumor

suffix: -opsy

view of, viewing

suffix: -ose

full of, pertaining to, sugar

suffix: -osis

process, abnormal condition

suffix: -phagia

eating, swallowing

suffix: -plasty

surgical repair

suffix: -rrhea

flow, excessive discharge

suffix: -therapy

treatment

suffix: -tome

instrument used to cut thin sections

Bx

biopsy

CA

cancer

cm

centimeter

Hx

history

I&D

incision and drainage

LLE

left lower extremity

LUE

left upper extremity

NKA

no known allergies

NS

nonsmoker