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Scott Gardner TCC Nursing Q1F04 Root Words, Prefixes and Suffixes

Terms

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angio, vaso
vessel
hem, hema, hemato
blood
vena, phlebo
vein
thrombo
clot (of blood)
embolus
moving clot
bucca
cheek
os, stomato
mouth
gingiva
gum
glossa
tongue
pharyngo
pharynx
esophago
esophagus
gastro
stomach
hepato
liver
cholecyst
gallbladder
pancreas
pancreas
entero
pertaining to the intestine
juodeno
duodenum
jejuno
jejunum
ileo
ileum
caeco
cecum
ano, procto
anus
skeleto
skeleton
naso, rhino
nose
tonsillo
tonsil
laryngo
larynx
tracheo
trachea
bronchus, broncho
bronchus (plural, bronchi)
pulmo, pneuma, pneum
lung (sac with air)
neuro
nerve
cerebrum
brain
oculo, opthalmo
eye
oto
ear
psych, psycho
mind
urethra
urethra
cysto
bladder
uretero
ureter
reni, reno, nephro
kidney
pyelo
pelvis of kidney
uro
urine, urinary organs
perineo
perineum
labio
labium (plural: labia)
vagino, colpo
vagina
cervico
neck
utero
womb, uterus
tubo, salpingo
fallopian tube
ovario, oophoro
ovary
Orchido
Testes
crani, cephalo
head
cervico, tracheo
neck
thoraco
chest
abdomino
abdomen
dorsum
back
cutis, dermato
skin
musculo, myo
muscle
osteo
bone
myelo
bone marrow, spinal cord
chondro
cartilage
cyto
cell
genetic
formation, origin
gram
tracing, mark
graph
writing
kinesis
motion
laparo
flank, though the adbominal wall
meter
instrument that measures
oligo
small, few
phobia
fear
photo
light
pyo
pus
roentgen
x-ray
scope
lighted instrument for visual examination
a, an, ar
withour or not
ab
away from
acro
extremities
ad
toward, to
adeno
glandular
aero
air
ambi
around, on both sides
amyl
starch
ante
before forward
anti
against, counteracting
bi
double
bili
bile
bio
life
bis
two
brachio
arm
brady
slow
brocho
bronchi
cardio
heart
chole
gall or bile
cholestyco
gallbladder
circum
around
co
together
contra
against, opposite
costo
ribs
demi
half
derma
skin
dis
from
dorso
back
dys
abnormal, difficult
electro
electric
en
into, in within
encephal
brain
equi
equal
eryth
red
ex
out, out of, away from
extra
outside of, in additon to
ferro
iron
fibro
fiber
fore
before, in front of
glosso
tongue
glyco
sugar
hemi
half
hemo
blood
hepa, hepato
liver
histo
tissue
homo
same
hydro
water
hygro
moisture
hyper
too much, high
hypo
under, decreased
hyster
uterus
in
in within, into
inter
between
intra
within
intro
in, within, into
juxta
near, close to
lapar
abdomen
latero
side
leuk
white
macro
large, big
mal
bad, poor
mast
breast
medio
middle
mega, megalo
large, great
meno
menses
mono
single
multi
many
myo
muscle
neo
new
nephro
kidney
nitro
nitrogen
noct
night
non
not
ob
against, in front of
oculo
eye
odonto
tooth
opthalmo
eye
ortho
straight, normal
os
mouth, bone
pan
all
para
beside, accessory to
path
disease
ped
child, foot
per
by through
peri
around
phlebo
vein
pho
light
phren
diaphragm, mind
pneumo
air, lungs
pod
foot
poly
many, much
post
after
pre
before
proct
rectum
pseudo
false
psych
mind
pyel
pelvis of the kidney
quadric
four
radio
radiation
re
back, again
reno
kidney
retro
backward
rhin
nose
sacro
sacrum
salpingo
fallopian tube
sarco
flesh
sclero
hard, hardening
semi
half
sex
six
steno
narrowing, constriction
sub
under
super
above, excess
supra
above
syn
together
tachy
fast
thyro
thyroid, gland
trache
trachea
trans
across, over
tri
three
ultra
beyond
un
not, back, reversal
uni
one
urethro
urethra
vaso
Vessel
able
able to
algia
pain
cele
tumor, swelling
centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
cide
killing, destructive
cule
little
cyte
cell
ectasia
dilating, stretching
ectomy
excision, surgical removal of
emia
blood
esis
action
form
shaped like
genesis, genetic
formation, origin
ism
condition
it is
inflammation
Ize
to treat
Lith
stone, calculus
lithiasis
presence of stones
lysis
disintegration
megaly
enlargement
Oid
likeness, resemblance
oma
tumor
opathy
disease of
orrhaphy
surgical repair
Osis
disease, condition of
ostomy
to form an opening outlet
pexy
fixation
phage
ingesting
plasty
plastic surgery
plegia
paralysis
rhage
to burst forth
rhea
excessive discharge
rhexis
rupture
scopy
to examine visually
stomy
to form an opening
tomy
incision into
uria
urine

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