医学专业英语词汇——CombiningForm,词根,词缀VIP专享

Combining Form Meaning Ex ample (Definition) aden/o gland adenopathy (gland disease carcin/o cancer carcinoma (cancerous tumor) cardi/o heart cardiac (pertaining to the heart) chem/o chemical chemotherapy (treatment with chemicals cis/o to cut incision (process of cutting into) dermat/o skin dermatology (study of the skin) enter/o small intestines pertaining to the small intestines gastr/o stomach gastric (pertaining to the stomach) gynec/o female gynecology (study of females) hemat/o blood pertaining to the blood hydr/o water hydrocele (protrusion of water) immune/o immune immunology (study of immunity) laryng/o voice box laryngeal (pertaining to the voice box) morph/o shape morphology (study of shape) nephr/o kidney nephromegaly (enlarged kidney) neur/o nerve neural (pertaining to a nerve) ophthalm/o eye ophthalmic (pertaining to the eye) ot/o ear otic (pertaining to the ear) path/o disease pathology (study of disease) pulmon/o lung pulmonary (pertaining to the lungs) rhin/o nose rhinoplasty (surgical repair of the nose) ur/o urine, urinary tract urology (study of the urinary tract) Common Prefix es Prefix Meaning Ex ample (Definition) a- without, away from aphasia (without speech) an- without anoxia (without oxygen) ante before, in front of antepartum (before birth) anti- against antibiotic (against life) auto- self autograft (a graft from one’s own body) brady- slow bradycardia (slow heartbeat) dys- painful, difficult dyspnea (painful breathing) endo- within, inner endoscope (instrument to view within) epi- upon, over epigastric (upon or over the stomach) eu- normal, good eupnea (normal breathing) hetero- different heterograft (a graft from another person’s body) homo- same homozygous (having two identical genes) h...