Medical Terminology from Head to Toe Chapter 12

-fication

process of producing, process of becoming, process of making

-fy

to produce, to become, to make

RACHI-, RACHID-, -RRHACH-

spine, backbone

VERTEBR-

spine, vertebra

SPONDYL-

segment of the spine, vertebra

MYEL-

bone marrow, spinal cord

MYELIN-

myelin, myelin sheath

THORAC-

chest, thorax

AX-

axis, central line, axon

STETH-

chest

PECTOR-

chest

MAZ-

breast

MAMM-

breast

MAMMILL-

nipple

COST-

rib

STERN-

breast bone, sternum

XIPH-

sword

XIPH-, XIPHOID-

xiphoid process

LUMB-

loin

SACR-

sacred, holy, sacrum

COCCY-

cuckoo

COCCY-, COCCYG-

coccyx, tail bone

FOR-

to bore, to pierce

FORAMIN-

foramen, opening

ARC-

arch, bow

EMIN-

standing out, projecting

PROMIN-

standing out, prominent

APIC-

tip, summit, apex

POR-

passage, cavity, pore

NEUR-

nerve, nervous system, tendon

NERV-

nerve

SENS-, SENT-

to feel, to perceive, sense

MOT-

to move, movement

RHIZ-, -RRHIZ-

root

RADIC-

root

RADICUL-

spinal nerve root, radicle

AUT-

self

NOM-

law, custom

GLI-

glue, glia, neuroglia

LEMM-

cover, sheath

GANGLI-

swelling, knot

GANGLI-, GANGLION-

ganglion

THEC-

cover, sheath

FIBR-

fiber, filament

FIBRIN-

fibrin

IN-

fiber

BURS-

sac, pouch, bursa

PONT-

bridge, pons

KINE-, KINES-, KINET-

to move, movement

TACT-, TAX-, TAXI-

order, arrangement (earlier chapter, to touch, touching)

CLON-

violent motion, spasm

TROPH-

nourishment, nutrition