Word parts
Prefixes, suffixes and roots: learn one and every word built from it becomes readable.
combining vowel
kum-BYE-ning VOW-ul · sustantivo
A vowel, usually o, placed between word parts to make a medical word easier to say, as in arthr/o/pathy.
Entrada completaakA word ending that means relating to or belonging to.
-alParte de palabraulA word ending that means relating to or belonging to.
-algiaParte de palabraAL-jee-uh, or AL-juhA word ending that means pain.
-anParte de palabraunA word ending that means relating to or belonging to.
-arParte de palabraarA word ending that means relating to or pertaining to.
-aryParte de palabraair-eeA word ending that means relating to.
-astheniaParte de palabraas-THEE-nee-uhA word ending that means weakness or loss of strength.
-capniaParte de palabraKAP-nee-uhA word ending that means carbon dioxide in the blood.
-celeParte de palabraseelA word ending that means a hernia, swelling or bulge.
-centesisParte de palabrasen-TEE-sisA word ending that means a puncture with a needle to draw out fluid.
-cideParte de palabrasydeA word ending that means killing, or something that kills.
-crineParte de palabrakrin or kryneA word ending that means to secrete, or release a substance.
-cyteParte de palabrasiteA word ending that means cell.
-desisParte de palabraDEE-sisA word ending that means binding or fusing together by surgery.
-ectasisParte de palabraEK-tuh-sisA word ending that means stretching out or widening.
-ectomyParte de palabraEK-tuh-meeA word ending that means surgical removal.
-edemaParte de palabraeh-DEE-muhA word ending that means swelling caused by fluid in the tissues.
-emesisParte de palabraEM-uh-sisA word ending that means vomiting.
-emiaParte de palabraEE-mee-uhA word ending that means a condition of the blood, or something in the blood.
-esthesiaParte de palabraes-THEE-zhuhA word ending that means feeling or sensation.
-genParte de palabrajenA word ending that means something that produces or causes, or a beginning or origin.
-gramParte de palabragramA word ending that means a record or picture made by a test.
-graphParte de palabragrafA word ending that means an instrument that records, or the record it makes.
-graphyParte de palabragruh-feeA word ending that means the process of recording or making an image.
-iaParte de palabraEE-uhA word ending that means a condition, often an abnormal one.
-iasisParte de palabraEYE-uh-sisA word ending that means a condition or the presence of something, often an infection or stones.
-iatryParte de palabraEYE-uh-treeA word ending that means medical treatment or a field of medicine.
-icParte de palabraikA word ending that means relating to or belonging to.
-ionParte de palabrayun, or shunA word ending that turns a verb into a noun naming an action, a process or its result.
-isParte de palabraissA noun ending from Greek or Latin, found in names of body parts and conditions.
-ismParte de palabraiz-umA word ending that means a condition, state or process.
-istParte de palabraistA word ending that means a person who specializes in or practices something.
-itisParte de palabraEYE-tisA word ending that means inflammation.
-lithParte de palabralithA word ending that means stone or a hard mass.
-logistParte de palabraluh-jistA word ending that means a specialist who studies or treats something.
-logyParte de palabraLUH-jeeA word ending that means the study of something.
-lysisParte de palabraLIH-sisA word ending that means breaking down, loosening or destroying.
-malaciaParte de palabramuh-LAY-shuhA word ending that means abnormal softening.
-megalyParte de palabraMEG-uh-leeA word ending that means enlargement of an organ or body part.
-meterParte de palabraMEE-terA word ending that means an instrument for measuring.
-metryParte de palabramuh-treeA word ending that means the process of measuring.
-oidParte de palabraoydA word ending that means like or resembling.
-omaParte de palabraOH-muhA word ending that means tumor or mass.
-opiaParte de palabraOH-pee-uhA word ending that means vision or a condition of the eye.
-opsyParte de palabraOP-seeA word ending that means viewing or looking at.
-osisParte de palabraOH-sisA word ending that means an abnormal condition or process, or an increase.
-ostomyParte de palabraOS-tuh-meeA word ending that means a surgically made opening, usually to the outside of the body.
-otomyParte de palabraOT-uh-meeA word ending that means cutting into, or a surgical incision.
-ousParte de palabrausA word ending that makes an adjective, meaning relating to, having or full of.
-paresisParte de palabrapuh-REE-sisA word ending that means partial loss of movement, or weakness.
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