Word parts
Prefixes, suffixes and roots: learn one and every word built from it becomes readable.
combining vowel
kum-BYE-ning VOW-ul · noun
A vowel, usually o, placed between word parts to make a medical word easier to say, as in arthr/o/pathy.
Full entryakA word ending that means relating to or belonging to.
-alWord partulA word ending that means relating to or belonging to.
-algiaWord partAL-jee-uh, or AL-juhA word ending that means pain.
-anWord partunA word ending that means relating to or belonging to.
-arWord partarA word ending that means relating to or pertaining to.
-aryWord partair-eeA word ending that means relating to.
-astheniaWord partas-THEE-nee-uhA word ending that means weakness or loss of strength.
-capniaWord partKAP-nee-uhA word ending that means carbon dioxide in the blood.
-celeWord partseelA word ending that means a hernia, swelling or bulge.
-centesisWord partsen-TEE-sisA word ending that means a puncture with a needle to draw out fluid.
-cideWord partsydeA word ending that means killing, or something that kills.
-crineWord partkrin or kryneA word ending that means to secrete, or release a substance.
-cyteWord partsiteA word ending that means cell.
-desisWord partDEE-sisA word ending that means binding or fusing together by surgery.
-ectasisWord partEK-tuh-sisA word ending that means stretching out or widening.
-ectomyWord partEK-tuh-meeA word ending that means surgical removal.
-edemaWord parteh-DEE-muhA word ending that means swelling caused by fluid in the tissues.
-emesisWord partEM-uh-sisA word ending that means vomiting.
-emiaWord partEE-mee-uhA word ending that means a condition of the blood, or something in the blood.
-esthesiaWord partes-THEE-zhuhA word ending that means feeling or sensation.
-genWord partjenA word ending that means something that produces or causes, or a beginning or origin.
-gramWord partgramA word ending that means a record or picture made by a test.
-graphWord partgrafA word ending that means an instrument that records, or the record it makes.
-graphyWord partgruh-feeA word ending that means the process of recording or making an image.
-iaWord partEE-uhA word ending that means a condition, often an abnormal one.
-iasisWord partEYE-uh-sisA word ending that means a condition or the presence of something, often an infection or stones.
-iatryWord partEYE-uh-treeA word ending that means medical treatment or a field of medicine.
-icWord partikA word ending that means relating to or belonging to.
-ionWord partyun, or shunA word ending that turns a verb into a noun naming an action, a process or its result.
-isWord partissA noun ending from Greek or Latin, found in names of body parts and conditions.
-ismWord partiz-umA word ending that means a condition, state or process.
-istWord partistA word ending that means a person who specializes in or practices something.
-itisWord partEYE-tisA word ending that means inflammation.
-lithWord partlithA word ending that means stone or a hard mass.
-logistWord partluh-jistA word ending that means a specialist who studies or treats something.
-logyWord partLUH-jeeA word ending that means the study of something.
-lysisWord partLIH-sisA word ending that means breaking down, loosening or destroying.
-malaciaWord partmuh-LAY-shuhA word ending that means abnormal softening.
-megalyWord partMEG-uh-leeA word ending that means enlargement of an organ or body part.
-meterWord partMEE-terA word ending that means an instrument for measuring.
-metryWord partmuh-treeA word ending that means the process of measuring.
-oidWord partoydA word ending that means like or resembling.
-omaWord partOH-muhA word ending that means tumor or mass.
-opiaWord partOH-pee-uhA word ending that means vision or a condition of the eye.
-opsyWord partOP-seeA word ending that means viewing or looking at.
-osisWord partOH-sisA word ending that means an abnormal condition or process, or an increase.
-ostomyWord partOS-tuh-meeA word ending that means a surgically made opening, usually to the outside of the body.
-otomyWord partOT-uh-meeA word ending that means cutting into, or a surgical incision.
-ousWord partusA word ending that makes an adjective, meaning relating to, having or full of.
-paresisWord partpuh-REE-sisA word ending that means partial loss of movement, or weakness.
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