Chapter 1- Combining Forms/prefixes/suffixes

Front 1

Electr/o

Back 1

electricity

Front 2

Gatr/o

Back 2

stomach

Front 3

Cardi/o

Back 3

heart

Front 4

Enter/o

Back 4

intestines

Front 5

Aden/o

Back 5

gland

-organ group of cells that releases substance or waste from the body.

Front 6

Arthr/o

Back 6

joint

Front 7

bi/o

Back 7

life

Front 8

carcin/o

Back 8

cancer,cancerous

Front 9

Cephal/o

Back 9

head

Front 10

Cerebr/o

Back 10

cerebrum, largest part of the brain

Front 11

Cyst/o

Back 11

urinary bladder

Front 12

Cyt/o

Back 12

cell

Front 13

Derm/o

Back 13

skin

Front 14

Encephal/o

Back 14

Brain

Front 15

Erythr/o

Back 15

Red

Front 16

Gnos/o

Back 16

knowledge

Front 17

Hemat

Back 17

blood

Front 18

Gyne/o

Back 18

women,female

Front 19

Hepat

Back 19

liver

Front 20

Lapar/o

Back 20

abdomen

-area between the chest and hip

Front 21

Leuk/o

Back 21

White

Front 22

Nephr/o

Back 22

kidney

Front 23

Neur/o

Back 23

Nerve

Front 24

Onc/o

Back 24

tumor

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Opthalm/o

Back 25

Eye

Front 26

Oste/o

Back 26

bone

Front 27

Path/o

Back 27

disease

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Phych/o

Back 28

Mind

Front 29

Ren/o

Back 29

Kidney

Front 30

Rhin/o

Back 30

Nose

Front 31

Sarc/o

Back 31

Flesh

Front 32

Throm/o

Back 32

Clotting

Front 33

-gram

Back 33

record

Front 34

-scope

Back 34

instrument to visually examine

Front 35

ic-

Back 35

pertaining to

Front 36

Ac-

Back 36

pertaining to

Front 37

-itis

Back 37

inflammation

Front 38

-oma

Back 38

tumor,mass

Front 39

-opsy

Back 39

process of viewing

Front 40

-al

Back 40

pertaining to

Front 41

-cyte

Back 41

cell

Front 42

-sis

Back 42

state of

Front 43

-dia

Back 43

complete

Front 44

-globin

Back 44

protein

Front 45

-logy

Back 45

study of

Front 46

-algia

Back 46

pain

Front 47

-ectomy

Back 47

cutting out, removal, excision

Front 48

-ia

Back 48

condition

Front 49

-ism

Back 49

condition, process

Front 50

-logist

Back 50

specialist in the study of

Front 51

-osis

Back 51

abnormal condition

Front 52

-scopy

Back 52

process of visual examination

Front 53

-tomy

Back 53

process of cutting into; incision

Front 54

Trans-

Back 54

acrros, through

Front 55

Retro-

Back 55

behind

Front 56

Sub-

Back 56

below,under, less than

Front 57

a-, an-

Back 57

no, not

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Aut-

Back 58

self

Front 59

Dia-

Back 59

complete, through

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Dys-

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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

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Endo-

Back 61

within

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Exo-

Back 62

outside

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Hyper-

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excessive, more than normal, above

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Peri-

Back 64

surrounding

Front 65

Pro-

Back 65

Before, forward

Front 66

Re-

Back 66

back