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TOP 100 - Suffix, Prefix, Combining Forms
If you know the top 100, you are well on your way to SUCCESS.
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| aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cyst/o | sac or bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| leuk/o | white |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ren/o | kidney |
| thromb/o | clot |
| ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
| -pathy | disease or condition |
| -tomy | incision |
| -scopy | process of looking/visualizing |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -cyte | cell |
| -genic | pertaining to |
| -gram | record |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logy | process of study |
| endo- | within |
| trans- | across |
| sub- | under, below |
| hypo- | deficient, below, less than normal |
| peri- | surrounding |
| epi- | above |
| adip/o | fat |
| lip/o | fat |
| dors/o | back portion |
| hist/o | tissue |
| later/o | side |
| medi/o | middle |
| thorac/o | chest |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| inter- | between |
| -ose | pertaining to |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -oma | tumor |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plasia | development, growth |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging |
| -scope | instrument to visualize |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -tripsy | crush |
| anti- | against |
| ante- | before |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| dia- | through |
| dys- | painful, difficult, abnormal |
| ecto- | outside |
| hemi- | half |
| intra- | within |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| per- | through |
| poly- | many, much |
| pre- | before |
| pseudo- | false |
| uni- | one |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cost/o | ribs |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| hydr/o | water |
| my/o | muscle |
| angi/o | blood vessel |
| phleb/o | vein |
| rhin/o | nose |
| necr/o | death |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall, abdomin |
| crani/o | head |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| meta- | change |
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HIT 111 - Medical Terminology |
College of Lake County |
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