Ch. 1 Suffixes
-ia
what is “pertaining to”
-kinesia
What is movement?
derm
what is “skin”
micro-
what is “small”
Carcino
What is cancer/cancerous?
-itis
what is “inflammation”
-mania
What is obsession?
cardio
what is “heart”
hyper-
what is “above”
Cephalo
What is head?
-globin
what is “protein”
-penia
What is deficiency?
gastro
what is “stomach”
what is “outside”
Cervical
What is pertaining to the neck of the body or uterus?
-emia
what is “blood condition”
-parous
hepato
what is “liver”
inter-
what is “between”
Endocrine system
What is glands that secrete hormones?
-ectomy
what is “cutting out”
-pexy
nephro
what is “kidney”
meso-
what is “middle”
Disk
What is pad of cartilage between each vertebra?