Lopez, Nolana - 3rd period - Unit 2 Combining form

Abdomin/o (combining forms)

abdomen

anter/o

front

astr/o

star, star-shaped

bol/o

cast, throw

carcin/o

cancer

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

chondr/o

cartilage

crani/o

skull

cyt/o

cell

dist/o

away from point of origin, far, distant

dors/o

back of the body

fibr/o

fiber

gastr/o

stomach

hemat/o

blood

hist/o

tissue

infer/o

below

is/o

same, equal

kary/o

nucleus

later/o

side

lumb/o-

lumbar region, loin

medi/o-

middle

path/o-

diease

pelv/i-

pevis

physi/o-

function

poster/o-

back of body, behind

proxim/o-

near the point of origin, near, close

spin/o-

spine

super/o-

above

thorac/o-

chest

ton/o-

tone, tension

umbilic/o-

umbilical, belly button

ventr/o-

belly side of body, ventral aspect

viscer/o

internal organs

a- (prefixes)

not, without

ana-

apart

endo-

in, within

epi-

on, over, upon

eu-

good, normal

exo-

outward

hyper-

above, above normal, excessive

hypo-

below, below normal, deficient

pro-

before, forward

trans-

across

-al, -ar, -ic, -ior, -tic, -blast (suffixes)

developing cell

-cyte

cell

-gen

substance that produces

-genesis

formation

-ism

process, condition

-logy

study of

-osis

process, abnormal condition

-plasia

development, formation

-tomy

process of cutting, incision