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keep -a add -e
a ae
ex. vertebra -> vertebrae
drop -ix add -ices
ix
ex. appendix -> appendices
drop -ium add -ia
ium
ex. epithelium -> epithelia
drop -um add -a
um
ex diverticulum -> diverticula
ren kidney
cerebr brain, cerebrum
cardi heart
pulmon lung
ost bone
neuron nerve
nephr kidney
gastr stomach
dermat skin
crani skull, cranium
colo, colon colon
vas vessel
pulmon/o lung
oste/o bones
neur/o nerve
,nephr/o, ren/o kidney
gastr/o stomach
dermat/o skin
crani/o skull, cranium
col/o, colon/o colon
cerebro/o brain, cerebrum
cardi/o heart
dys painful, difficult, abnormal
a,an without, not
-emia blood (condition of)
-tomy incision
-oma tumor
-logy study of
-itis inflammation
-algia pain
removal of
-ectomy
surgical removal of
-ary, -ar, -al, -ac, -ic, -ous pertaining to
-gram record, recording
-ism, -ia condition of
-ium pertaining to body region, structure
supra-, super- above
sub, infra below
pre- before
post- after, behind
poly- many, much
peri- around, surrounding
intra- inside, within
-genic, -genesis produced by, formed by
, drop -ium add -ia
ium
ex. epithelium -> epithelia
drop -us add -i
us
ex. nucleus -> nuclei
drop -x add -ges
x
ex. phalanx -> phalanges
drop -ion add -ia
ion
ex. ganglion -> ganglia
drop -is add -es
is
ex. testis -> testes
drop -ex add -ices
ex
ex. pollex -> polices
drop -en add ina
en
ex. foramen -> foramina
iso- equal, alike
pan- all, entire
ultra- excess, beyond
-megaly large, enlargement
-centesis puncture to remove fluid
ect-, ecto- outer, outside
trans- across, through
sym-, syn- together, with
per- through
infra- below, beneath
ex-, exo- out of, away from
en-, end-, endo- in, within
de- away from, cessation, without
MRI magnetic resonance imaging
CT computed tomography
AP anteroposterior
dis- separate