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APPENDIX B
Word Prefix, Root, Suffix
Definition, Pertaining to
Word Prefix, Root, Suffix
Definition, Pertaining to
nas/o
nose
path/o
disease
nat/i
birth
-pathy
disease process
natr/o
sodium
-pause
stoppage, cessation
necr/o
death
pector/o
chest
nephr/o
kidney
ped/o
child
neur/o
nerve
pelv/o/i
pelvis
noct/o
night
-penia
decrease, defi ciency
norm/o
normal
-pepsia
digestion
nulli-
none
per-
through
o/o
egg
peri-
around
ocul/o
eye
perine/o
peritoneum
odont/o
teeth
-pexy
fi xation by surgery
-oid
like another
phac/o
eye lens
-ole
small
-phagia
swallow or eat
oligo/o
scanty, inadequate
phalang/o
phalanx
-oma
tumor
phall/o
penis
onych/o
nail
phamac/o
drug
oophor/o
ovary
pharyng/o
pharynx, throat
-opia
vision
-phasia
speech
-opsy
to view
phleb/o
vein
opt/o
sight
-phobia
unreasonable fear
opthalm/o
eye
-phonia
voice
-or
person who performs activity
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
or/o
mouth
phot/o
light
orchid/o
testes
phren/o
diaphragm
orex/i
appetite
physi/o
nature
ortho-
straight
-physis
to grow
-ory
pertaining to
pil/o
hair
-ose
pertaining to
pine/o
pineal gland
ov/o
egg
pituitary/o
pituitary gland
ovari/o
ovary
-plakia
patches
ox/i
oxygen
-plasia
development, formation
ox/o
oxygen
-plastic
pertaining to formation
oxy-
quick or sharp
-plasty
surgical repair
pan-
all
-plegia
paralysis
pancreat/o
pancreas
pleur/a; pleur/o
pleural cavity
papill/o
nipple-like
-pnea
breathing
-para
para-
-partum
give birth
near, beside
labor, childbirth
pneum/o, pneumat/o,
pneumon/o
-poiesis
lungs
production or formation
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