Chapter 3 - terms, combining forms, suffixes

alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o (leuc/o)

white

chlor/o

green

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

melan/o

black

xanth/o

yellow

-cyte

cell

-genic

produced by or in

-genesis

producing or forming

-gram

record

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-kinesia, -kinesis

movement or motion

-lepsy

seizure

-lysin

which destroys

-lysis

procress of destroying

-lytic

capable of or producing destruction

-sclerosis

hardening

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-pathy

disease

-phasia

speech

-phagia, -phagic, -phagy

eating or swallowing

-plegia

paralysis

-schisis

split or cleft

-scope

instrument used for viewing

-scopy

process of examining visually

-trophic, -trophy

nutrition

aer/o

air

blast/o

embryonic form

cancer/o, carcin/o

cancer

cephal/o

head

cry/o

cold

crypt/o

hidden

dips/o

thirst

electr/o

electricity

fibr/o

fiber

hist/o

tissue

myc/o

fungus

narc/o

stupor

necr/o

dead

optic/o, opt/o

vision

phon/o

voice

phot/o

light

py/o

pus

therm/o

heat

top/o

position, place

trache/o

trachea (windpipe)

-meta

change, beyond

tension

pressure

dipsia (dipso)

thirst

gen (genic)

produce

lapse

sag, slide, fall

mission

send

-partum

birth, labor

plasia

formation, development

-stasis

stand, place, stop, control

-mortem

death

-plasm

formation

adrenal glands

endocrine glands located above each kidney

antibiotic

destroys or inhibits the growth of microorganisms

antigen

foreign substance

bradycardia

slow heartbeat

congenital anomaly

an irregularity in a structure or organ that an infant is born with

dialysis

removing harmful waste products from the body with an artificial kidney machine

Ectopic pregnancy

abnormal pregnancy when the embryo implants outside the uterus, usually in the fallopian tubes, but sometimes on an ovary or in the abdominal cavity

Parathyroid glands

four endocrine glands located on the dorsal side of the thyroid gland that function separately from the thyroid gland

prolapse

to fall or slide forward, often used to describe an organ

retroperitoneal

pertaining to behind the peritoneum

syndrome

a group of signs or symptoms that commonly occur together and indicate a particular disease or abnormal condition

subcutaneous

lower layer of the skin composed of fatty tissue

tachycardia

condition of fast, rapid heart beat

transurethral

when an instrument passes through the urethra

ultrasonography

diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves to produce an image or photograph of an organ or tissue