-algia
pain
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-cyte
cell
-dynia
pain
-ectomy
surgical removal
-emia
blood condicion
-gram,-graph
recon, x-ray, picture
-graphy
processing of recording picture of record
-itis
inflamation
-malacia
abnormal
-megaly
enlargment
-meter
instrument used to messure
-oid
like, resembling
-ologist
specialist
-ology
study of
-oma
tumor
-osis
abnormal condtion
-ostomy
creating an artificial opening
-otomy
surgical incision
-pathy
disease
-phobia
abnormal fear
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptosis
drooping, sagging, prolapse
-rrhagia, –rrhage
abnormal flow of discharge (blood)
-rrhea
abnormal flow of discharge (not blood)
-rrhaphy
suturing
-rrhexis
rupture
-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
-scope
instrument used for visual examination
-scopy
visual examination
-stasis
stop, controll
-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
word root
core meaning of a term
suffix
end procedures, conditions, or disease
prefix
beginning time, position, direction, number, negation
combining vowels
usually ‘‘o’’ - eases pronunciation
intra-
within, inside
sub
below, under
anthr/o
joint
hepat/o
liver
oste/o
bone
ven/o
vein