医学专业英语词汇——Combining Form词根词缀

Common Prefixes

Number Prefixes

Common Suffixes

Surgical Suffixes

Procedural Suffixes

Combining Forms Commonly Used in Integumentary System Combining form Meaning Example

adip/o fat adipose

albin/o white albinism

caus/o burn, burning causalgia cutane/o skin subcutaneous derm/o skin epidermis dermat/o skin dermatitis disphor/o profuse sweating diaphoresis hidr/o sweat anhidrosis ichthy/o scaly, dry ichthyosis kerat/o hard, horny tissue keratosis

leuk/o white leukoplakia

lip/o fat lipoma

melan/o black melanocyte myc/o fungus dermatomycosis onych/o nail onycholysis

pil/o hair pilosebaceous rhytid/o wrinkle rhytidoplasty seb/o oil seborrhea

trich/o hair trichomycosis xanth/o yellow xanthoma Suffixes Commonly Used in This System

Suffix Meaning Example

-derma skin scleroderma

-opsy view of biopsy

-plakia a plate leukoplakia

-tome instrument used to cut dermatome

Combining Forms Commonly Used in Musculoskeletal System

Combining form Meaning Example

arthr/o joint arthrocentesis

articul/o joint articulation

burs/o sac bursitis

chondr/o cartilage chondroplasty

cost/o rib costectomy

crani/o skull craniotomy

myel/o bone marrow myelitis

orth/o straight orthopedics

oste/o bone osteoporosis

spondyl/o vertebra,backbone spondylarthritis

thorac/o chest thoracic

vertebr/o vertebra,backbone intervertebral

fasci/o fascia fasciorrhaphy

my/o muscle electromyogram

ten/o tendon tenodynia

tend/o tendon tendotomy

tendin/o tendon tendinitis

Suffixes Commonly Used in This System

Suffix Meaning Example

-kinesia movement dyskinesia

-porosis porous osteoporosis

-trophy development hypertrophy

-malacia abnormal softening osteomalacia Combining form Meaning Example

angi/o vessel angioplasty

aort/o aorta aortic stenosis

arter/o, arteri/o artery arteriosclerosis

ather/o yellowish plaque, fatty substance atherosclerosis

atri/o atrium, upper heart chamber atrioventricular

cardi/o heart cardiomyopathy cholesterol/o cholesterol hypercholesterolemia

corn/o heart coronary arteries cyan/o blue cyanosis

ox/o oxygen hypoxia

pericardi/o pericardium pericardiocentesis phleb/o vein phlebotomy rrhythm/o rhythm arrhythmia sphygm/o pulse sphygmomanometer steth/o chest stethoscope thromb/o clot thrombolysis valvul/o, valv/o valve valvuloplasty

vas/o vessel vasoconstriction vascul/o vessel vascular

ven/o vein venous

ventricul/o ventricle, lower heart chamber ventriculotomy

Meaning Example Prefix

brady- slow bradycardia

tachy- fast tachycardia

Meaning Example Suffix

-manometer Instrument to measure pressure sphygmomanometer -ole small arteriole

-sclerosis hardening arteriosclerosis

-stenosis narrowing angiostenosis

-tension pressure hypotension

-ule small venule