The Language of Medicine 12th Edition Suffixes and Prefixes Q&A | Graded A+ | 100% Correct Answers

The Language of Medicine 12th Edition Suffixes and Prefixes

1.aden/o: gland
2.arthr/o: joint
3.bi/o: life
4.carcin/o: cancer
5.cardi/o: heart
6.cephal/o: head
7.cerebr/o: cerebrum
8.cis/o: to cut
9.crin/o: to secrete
10.cyst/o: urinary bladder
11.cyt/o: cell
12.derm/o: skin
13.dermat/o: skin
14.electr/o: electricity
15.encephal/o: brain
16.enter/o: intestines (usually the small intestine)
17.erythr/o: red
18.gastr/o: stomach
19.glyc/o: sugar
20.gnos/o: knowledge
21.gynec/o: woman, female
22.hemat/o: blood
23.hepat/o: liver
24.hem/o: blood
25.iatr/o: treatment, physician
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26.leuk/o: white
27.log/o: study of
28.nephr/o: kidney
29.neur/o: nerve
30.onc/o: tumor (cancerous)
31.ophthalm/o: eye
32.oste/o: bone
33.path/o: disease
34.ped/o: child
35.psych/o: mind
36.radi/o: x-rays
37.rhin/o: nose
38.sarc/o: flesh
39.sect/o: to cut
40.thromb/o: clotting
41.ur/o: urinary tract, urine
42.-ac: pertaining to
43.-al: pertaining to
44.-algia: pain
45.-cyte: cell
46.-ectomy: excision, removal
47.-emia: blood condition
48.-genic: pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
49.-globin: protein
50.-gram: record
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