The Language of Medicine 12th Edition
Suffixes and Prefixes
aden/o gland
arthr/o joint
bi/o life
carcin/o cancer
cardi/o heart
cephal/o head
cerebr/o cerebrum
cis/o to cut
crin/o to secrete
cyst/o urinary bladder
cyt/o cell
derm/o skin
dermat/o skin
electr/o electricity
encephal/o brain
enter/o intestines (usually the small intestine)
, erythr/o red
gastr/o stomach
glyc/o sugar
gnos/o knowledge
gynec/o woman, female
hemat/o blood
hepat/oliver
hem/o blood
iatr/o treatment, physician
leuk/o white
log/o study of
nephr/o kidney
neur/o nerve
onc/o tumor (cancerous)
ophthalm/o eye
oste/o bone
path/o disease
ped/o child
psych/o mind
radi/o x-rays
rhin/o nose
sarc/o flesh
sect/o to cut
thromb/o clotting
Suffixes and Prefixes
aden/o gland
arthr/o joint
bi/o life
carcin/o cancer
cardi/o heart
cephal/o head
cerebr/o cerebrum
cis/o to cut
crin/o to secrete
cyst/o urinary bladder
cyt/o cell
derm/o skin
dermat/o skin
electr/o electricity
encephal/o brain
enter/o intestines (usually the small intestine)
, erythr/o red
gastr/o stomach
glyc/o sugar
gnos/o knowledge
gynec/o woman, female
hemat/o blood
hepat/oliver
hem/o blood
iatr/o treatment, physician
leuk/o white
log/o study of
nephr/o kidney
neur/o nerve
onc/o tumor (cancerous)
ophthalm/o eye
oste/o bone
path/o disease
ped/o child
psych/o mind
radi/o x-rays
rhin/o nose
sarc/o flesh
sect/o to cut
thromb/o clotting
