Language of Medicine

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ab- (prefix): away from
abdomin/o (combining form): abdomen
-ac (suffix): pertaining to
acanth/o (combining form): spiny; thorny
acetabul/o (combining form): acetabulum (hip socket)
acous/o (combining form): hearing
acr/o (combining form): extremities; top; extreme point
acromi/o (combining form): acromion (extension of shoulder bone)
actin/o (combining form): light
acu/o (combining form): sharp; severe; sudden
-acusis (suffix): hearing
ad- (prefix): toward
aden/o (combining form): gland
adenoid/o (combining form): adenoids
adip/o (combining form): fat
adren/o (combining form): adrenal gland
adrenal/o (combining form): adrenal gland
aer/o (combining form): air
af- (prefix): toward
agglutin/o (combining form): clumping; sticking together
-agon (suffix): to assemble, gather
agora- (prefix): marketplace
-agra (suffix): excessive pain
-al (suffix): pertaining to
alb/o (combining form): white
albin/o (combining form): white
albumin/o (combining form): albumin (protein)
alges/o (combining form): sensitivity to pain
-algesia (suffix): sensitivity to pain
-algia (suffix): pain
all/o (combining form): other
alveol/o (combining form): alveolus; air sac; small sac
ambly/o (combining form): dim; dull
-amine (suffix): nitrogen compound
amni/o (combining form): amnion (sac surronding the embryo)
amyl/o (combining form): starch
an/o (combining form): anus
-an (suffix): pertaining to
ana- (prefix): up; apart; backward; again; anew
andr/o (combining form): male
aneurysm/o (combining form): aneurysm (widened blood vessel)
angi/o (combining form): vessel (blood)
anis/o (combining form): unequal
ankyl/o (combining form): stiff
ante- (prefix): before; forward
anter/o (combining form): front
anthrac/o (combining form): coal
anthr/o (combining form): antrum of the stomach
anti- (prefix): against
anxi/o (combining form): uneasy; anxious
aort/o (combining form): aorta (largest artery)
-apheresis (suffix): removal
aphth/o (combining form): ulcer
apo- (prefix): off, away
aponeur/o (combining form): aponeurosis (type of tendon)
append/o (combining form): appendix
appendic/o (combining form): appendix
aque/o (combining form): water
-ar (suffix): pertaining to
-arche (suffix): beginning
arter/o (combining form): artery
arteri/o (combining form): artery
arteriol/o (combining form): arteriole (small artery)
arthr/o (combining form): joint
-arthria (suffix): articulate (speak distinctly)
articul/o (combining form): joint
-ary (suffix): pertaining to
asbest/o (combining form): asbestos
-ase (suffix): enzyme
-asthenia (suffix): lack of strength
atel/o (combining form): incomplete
ather/o (combining form): plaque (fatty substance)
-ation (suffix): process; condition
atri/o (combining form): atrium (upper heart chamber)
audi/o (combining form): hearing
audit/o (combining form): hearing
aur/o (combining form): ear
auricul/o (combining form): ear
auto- (prefix): self; own
axill/o (combining form): armpit
azot/o (combining form): urea; nitrogen
bacill/o (combining form): bacilli (bacteria)
bacteri/o (combining form): bacteria
balan/o (combining form): glans penis
bar/o (combining form): pressure; weight
bartholin/o (combining form): Bartholin glands
bas/o (combining form): base; opposite of acid
bi- rubin (prefix): two
bi/o (combining form): life
bil/i (combining form): bile; gall
bilirubin/o (combining form): bilirubin
-blast (suffix): embryonic; immature
-blastona (suffix): immature tumor (cells)
blephar/o (combining form): eyelid
bol/o (combining form): cast; throw
brachi/o (combining form): arm
brachy- (prefix): short
brady- (prefix): slow
bronch/o (combining form): bronchial tube
bronchi/o (combining form): bronchial tube
bronchiol/o (combining form): bronchiole
bucc/o (combining form): check
bunion/o (combining form): bunion
burs/o (combining form): bursa (sac of fluids near joint)
byssin/o (combining form): cotton dust
cac/o (combining form): bad
calc/o (combining form): calcium
calcane/o (combining form): calcaneus (heel bone)
calci/o (combining form): calcium
cali/o (combining form): calyx
calic/o (combining form): calyx
capillar/o (combining form): capillary (tiniest blood vessel)
capn/o (combining form): carbon dioxide
-capnia (suffux): carbon dioxide
carcin/o (combining form): cancerous; cancer
cardi/o (combining form): heart
carp/o (combining form): wrist bones (carpals)
cata- (prefix): down
caud/o (combining form): tail; lower part of bidy
caus/o (combining form): burn; burning
cauter/o (combining form): heat; burning
cec/o (combining form): cecum (first part of the colon)
-cele (suffix): hernia
celi/o (combining form): belly; abdomen
-centesis (suffix): surgical procedure to remove fluid
cephal/o (combining form): head
carebell/o (combining form): cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)
cerebr/o (combining form): cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
cerumin/o (combining form): cerumen
cervic/o (combining form): neck; cervix (neck of the uterus)
-chalasia (suffix): relaxation
-chalasis (suffix): relaxation
cheil/o (combining form): lip
chem/o (combining form): drug; chemical
-chezia (suffx): defecation; elimination of wastes
chir/o (combining form): head
chlor/o (combining form): green
chlorhydr/o (combining form): hydrochloric acid
chol/e (combining form): bile; gall
cholangi/o (combining form): bile vessel
cholecyst/o (combining form): gallbladder
choledoch/o (combining form): common bile duct
cholesterol/o (combining form): cholesterol
chondr/o (combining form): cartilage
chore/o (combining form): dance
chori/o (combining form): chorion (outermost membrane of the fetus)
chorion/o (combining form): chorion
choroid/o (combining form): choroid layer of the eye
chrom/o (combining form): color
chron/o (combining form): time
chym/o (combining form): to pour
cib/o (combining form): meal
-cide (suffix): killing
-cidal (suffix): pertaining to killing
cine/o (combining form): movement
cirrh/o (combining form): orange-yellow
cis/o (combining form): to cut
-clasis (suffix): to break
-clast (suffix): to break
claustr/o (combining form): enclosed space
clavicul/o (combining form): clavicle (collar bone)
-clysis (suffix): irrigation; washing
coagul/o (combining form): coagulation (clotting)
-coccus (suffix) -Cocci, pl.): berry-shaped bacterium
coccyg/o (combining form): coccyx (tailbone)
cochle/o (combining form): cochlea (inner part of the ear)
col/o (combining form): colon (large intestine)
coll/a (combining form): glue
colon/o (combining form): colon (large intestine)
colp/o (combining form): vagina
comat/o (combining form): deep sleep
comi/o (combining form): to care for
con- (prefix): together, with
coni/o (combining form): dust
conjunctiv/o (combining form): conjunctiva (lines of the eyelids)
-constriction (suffix): narrowing
contra- (prefix): against; opposite
cor/o (combining form): pupil
core/o (combining form): pupil
corne/o (combining form): cornea
coron/o (combining form): heart
corpor/o (combining form): body
cortic/o (combining form): cortex, outer region
cost/o (combining form): rib
crani/o (combining form): skull
cras/o (combining form): mixture; temperament
crin/o (combining form): secrete
-crine (suffix): secrete; separate
-crit (suffix): to separate
cry/o (combining form): cold
crypt/o (combining form): hidden
culd/o (combining form): cul-de-sac
-cusis (suffix): hearing
cutane/o (combining form): skin
cyan/o (combining form): blue
cycl/o (combining form): ciliary body of eye; cycle; circle
-cyesis (suffix): pregnancy
cyst/o (combining form): urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid
cyt/o (combining form): cell
-cyte (suffix): cell
-cytosis (suffix): condition of cells; slight increase in number
dacry/o (combining form): tear
dacryoaden/o (combining form): tear gland
dacryocyst/o (combining form): tear sac; lacrimal sac
dactyl/o (combining form): fingers; toys
de- (prefix): lack of; down; less; removal of
dem/o (combining form): people
dent/i (combining form): tooth
derm/o (combining form): skin
-derma (suffix): skin
dermat/o (combining form): skin
desicc/o (combining form): drying
-desis (suffix): to bind, tie together
dia- (prefix): complete; through
diaphor/o: sweat
-dilation: widening; stretching; expanding
dipl/o (combining form): double
dips/o (combining form): thrist
dist/o (combining form): far; distant
dors/o (combining form): back (of body)
dorsi- (prefix): back
-dote (suffix): to give
-drome (suffix): to run
duct/o (combining form): to lead, carry
duoden/o (combining form): duodenum
dur/o (combining form): dura mater
-dynia (suffix): pain
dys- (prefix): bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
-eal (suffix): pertaining to
ec- (prefix): out; outside
echo- (prefix): reflected sound
-ectasia (suffix): streching; dilation; expansion
-ectasis (suffix): streching; dilation; expansion
ecto- (prefix): out; outside
-ectomy (suffix): removal; excision; resection
-edema (suffix): swelling
-elasma (suffix): flat plate
electr/o (combining form): electricity
em- (prefix): in
-ema (suffix): condition
-emesis (suffix): vomiting
-emia (suffix): blood condition
-emic (suffix): pertaining to blood condition
emmetr/o (combining form): in due measure
en- (prefix): in; within
encephal/o (combining form): brain
endo- (prefix): in; within

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