Combining Forms
Abdomin/o = abdomen
Adip/o = fat
Anter/o = front
Cervic/o = neck (of the body or of the uterus)
Chondr/o = cartilage
Chrom/o = color
Coccgy/o = coccyx (tailbone)
Crani/o = skull
Cyt/o = cell
Dist/o = far, distant
Dors/o = back portion of the body
Hist/o = tissue
Ili/o = ilium (upper part of the pelvic bone)
Inguin/o = groin
Kary/o = nucleus
Later/o = side
Lumb/o = lower back
Medi/o = middle
Nucle/o = nucleus
Pelv/I = pelvis
Poster/o = back, behind
Proxim/o = nearest
Sacr/o = sacrum
Sarc/o = flesh
Spin/o = spine, backbone
The/o, theli/o = nipple
Thorac/o = chest
Trache/o = trachea, windpipe
Umbilic/o = navel, umbilicus
Ventr/o = belly side of the body
Vertebr/o = vertebra(e), backbone(s)
Viscer/o = internal organs
Prefixes
Ana- = up
Cata- = down
Epi- = above
hypo- = below
Inter-= between
Intra- = within
Meta- = change
Suffix
-al = pertaining to
-eal = pertaining to
-ectomy = excision, removal
-iac = pertaining to
-ior = pertaining to
-ism = process, condition
-oma = tumor
-ose = pertaining to, full of
-plasm = formation
-somes = bodies
-tomy = process of cutting, incision
-type = picture
Body Planes
vertical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior portions
_____________Frontal (Coronal) plane_________________________
Horizontal plane that divide the body into upper and lower portions
_____________Sagittal (lateral) pane __________________________
vertical plane that divides the body into right and left portions
______________Transverse (axial) plane_______________________
positional and directional terms.
Front of the body ______Anterior (Ventral)______________________________
Back of the body ______Posterior (Dorsal)_______________________________
Away from the surface of the body ______Deep__________________________
On the surface of the body ____Superficial______________________________
Far from the point of attachment to the trunk or far from the beginning of a structure __Distal________
Neat the point of attachment to the trunk or near the beginning of a structure _Proximal_____________
Below another structure _________Inferior______________________
Above another structure _________Superior_______________________
Pertaining to the side ___Lateral_______________________________
Pertaining to the middle _Medial_______________________________
Lying on the belly ____Prone_________
Lying on the back ___Supine_________
Noun Suffixes
-algia = pain
-cele = hernia
-centesis = surgical puncture to remove fluid
-coccus (-cocci) = berry-shaped, bacterium
-cyte = cell
-dynia = pain
-ectomy = excision, removal, resection
-emia = blood condition
-er = one who
-genesis = condition of producing, forming
- gram = record
-graph = instrument for recoding
-graphy = process of recording
-ia = condition
-ist = specialist
-itis = inflammation
-logy = study of
-lysis = breakdown, destruction, separation
-malacia = softening
-megaly = enlargement
-ole = little, small
-oma = tumor, mass, collection of fluid
-opsy = to view
-osis = condition, usually abnormal
-pathy = disease condition
-penia = deficiency
-phobia = fear
-plasia = development, formation, growth
-plasty = surgical repair
-ptosis = dropping, failing, prolapse
-rrhea = flow; discharge
-sclerosis = hardening
-scope = instrument for visual examination
-scopy = process of visual examination
-stasis = controlling, stopping
-stomy = opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-therapy = treatment
-tomy = incision, cutting into
-trophy = development, nourishment
-ule = little, small
-um, -ium = structure, tissue
-us = structure, substance
-y = condition, process
Adjective Suffixes
-ac, -iac = pertaining to
-al = pertaining to
-ar = pertaining to
-ary = pertaining to
-eal = pertaining to
-genic = pertaining to producing
-ic, -ical = pertaining to
-oid = resembling derived from
-ose = pertaining to, full of
-ous = pertaining to
-tic = pertaining to
Combining Forms
Abdomen/o = abdomen
Acr/o = extremities, top, extreme point
Aden/o = gland
Adip/o = fat
Amni/o = amnion
Angi/o = vessel
Arteri/o =artery
Arthr/o = joint
Axill/o = armpit
Bi/o = life
Blephar/o = eyelid
Broch/o = bronchial tubes
Carcin/o = cancer
Cardi/o = heart
Chem/o = drug, chemical
Chondr/o = cartilage
Chron/o = time
Col/o =colon (large intestine)
Cyst/o = urinary bladder
Encephal/o = brain
Erythr/o = red
Hem/o = blood
Hepat/o = liver
Hydr/o = water, fluid
Inguin/o = groin
Isch /o = to hold back
Lapar/o = abdomen, abdominal wall
Laryng/o = larynx
Leuk/o = white
Lymph/o = lymph
Mamm/o = breast
Mast/o = breast
Morph/o = shape, form
Muc/o = mucus
My/o = muscle
Myle/o = spinal cord, bone marrow
Necr/o = death
Nephr/o = kidney
Neur/o = nerve
Neutr/o = neutrophil (a white blood cell)
Nucle/o = nucleus
Ophthalm/o = eye
Oste/o = bone
Ot/o = ear
Path/o = disease
Peritone/o = peritoneum
Phag/o = to eat, swallow
Phleb/o = vein
Plas/o = formation, development
Pleur/o = pleura
Pneumon/o = lungs
Pulmon/o = lungs
Radi/o = x-rays
Rect/o = rectum
Ren/o = kidney
Rhin/o = nose
Sarc/o = flesh
Splen/o = spleen
Staphyl/o = clusters
Strept/o = twisted chains
Thorac/o = chest
Thromb/o = clot
Tonsill/o= tonsils
Trache/o = trachea (windpipe)
Ven/o = vein
Give the medical term for the following blood cells.
Red blood cell _______Erythrocyte____________________________________
Clotting cell _________Thrombocyte or Platelet__________________________
White blood cell ______Leukocytes____________________________________
Name five different types of white blood cells (the first letter is given).
Eosinophil___________
Basophil_____________
Neutrophil___________
Lymphocyte__________
Monocyte____________