CLINICAL LAB SCIENEC

APPENDIX B 437
Word Prefix, Root, Suffix
Definition, Pertaining to
Word Prefix, Root, Suffix
Definition, Pertaining to
gynec/o
female, woman
labi/o
lips
hem/o
blood
lacrim/o
tears
hemat/o
blood
lact/o
milk
hemi-
half
lapat/o
abdominal wall
hepat/o
liver
laryng/o
voice box (larynx)
herni/o
bulging, hernia
lei/o
smooth
hiat/o
hiatus, opening
leuk/o
white
hidr/o
sweat
ligati/o
tie, bind
home/o
same
lingu/o
tongue
hsit/o
tissue
lip/o
fatty tissue
hydr/o
water
-lith/o
stone, calculus
hyper-
abnormal increase, above
-logist
specialist
hypo-
abnormal decrease, below
-logy
study of
hyster/o
uterus
lord/o
sway back
-ia
condition
lumb/o
lower back
-iasis
abnormal condition, process
lymph/o
clear, watery fl uid
-ic
pertaining to
lymphaden/o
lymph glands, nodes
-ician
specialist, expert
lymphangio/o
lymph vessels
immun/o
immunity
-malacia
softening
in-
not, no
mamm/o
breast
-ine
pertaining to
medi/o
mid- or middle
infer/o
below, downward
medull/o
inner portion of an organ
infra-
within
-megaly
enlargement
insulin/o
insulin
melan/o
black
inter-
between
men/o
menses
intra-
within
mening/o
membrane
-ion
process
meta-
change
-ior
pertaining to
-meter
instrument for measuring
is/o
equal
metr/o
uterus
isch/o
holding back
-metrist
specialist in measurement of
-ism
condition
-metry
to measure
-ist
specialist
mi/o
contraction
-itis
inflammation
mono-
one
-ium
structure
myco-
fungus
kal/o
potassium
mydri/o
to dilate, widen
kerat/o
hard, hornlike
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
kinesi/o
movement
myelin/o
myelin sheath of nerve tract
-kinesis
movement, motion
myos/o
muscle
kyph/o
hunchback
myring/o
eardrum
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