Roots prefixes and suffixes

adip - adipose- fat-(Compsosed of animal fat) The food that we ate was composed of alot of adipose even after we had cleaned it.

bio - biopsy- life-(Examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease.) Before they had his funeral, they did a biopsy of his body to find out if he died from a disease.

capit - decapitate- head-(Cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution".) Back in the roman times a form fo death and punishment was decapitation.

cephal -cephalad- head-(Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.) As the disease moved through the body, it moved in a caudad direction.

corp- corpus- body-(The main part of an organ or other bodily structure.) Every part of the body attaches to the corpus)

crani -cranium- skull-(The part of the skull that encloses the brain.) The cranium part if the body sits on the top of the shoulders)
dent -dental- tooth-(Of or relating to the teeth; "dental floss".) In order to keep your teeth healthy, it is wise for you to get a dental check-up atleast 3 times a year.

hist -histology- tissue-(The branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues.) In college, i hope to study histology and learn more abot the tissues of the body.

later -lateral- side-(Lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body; "lateral lemniscus".) When you are standing in the atomical postition your arms are laying lateral from the body.

ocul -oculist- eye- (A person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses.) When i went to get my contacts, i had to go and see an oculist.

oste -osteoblast- bone- (A cell from which bone develops.) My little sister has osteoblast, that is why she has more bones than needed.

phag -phagocyte- eat- ( A cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms) It is good that we have phagocytes because it prevents us from getting sick.

pleur- pleura- side- (The thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest.) The pleura helps the lungs from getting infected and making you sick.

quad - quadriceps- four-(A muscle of the thigh that extends the leg.) When you excerise you will feel the quadriceps in your leg tighten.

stern -sternum- chest- (The flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs) The sternum is located in the mid part of the body.

ab - abduct- away from-(Pull away from the body, of muscles.) When you have a torn ligament, the bone is torn from the bone.

ad - adrenal- toward-(Of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions.) When you get excited or over worked you can feel the adrenalen kick in.

angi - angiograph- vessel- (Roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces an angiogram.) When you get your blood vessels examined you get and angiograph.

auto - autograft- self- (Tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person; "skin from his thigh replaced the burned skin on his arms".) After my grandma had 3rd degree burns, they had to perform an autograft on her leg to replace the skin on her arm.

centi - centimeter- hundred- (A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.) When i measured my fence i used centimeters for the measurements.

circum - circumflex- around- (A diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality.) Our blood is a circumflex muscle.

dextro -dextrad- right-(Toward the right side; dextrally) I consider the right side of my body to be dexatrad.

epi - epigastric- upon- (Of or relating to the anterior walls of the abdomen; "epigastric artery".) The epigastric is located near the stomach.

ex - excision- out of-(Surgical removal of a body part or tissue.) Some people have excisions because they don't like some parts of their body.

inter -interrenal- between-(In between; "two houses with a tree between".) Your stomach is loacted between yor anterior and posterior.

non -nonviable- not-(Not capable of living or developing successfully.) Most people think that bacteria is nonviable, but it is.

ortho - orthopedic- straight-(Of or relating to or employed in orthopedics; "orthopedic shoes".) Some times i have to go and see the orthopedics for my ankles.

path -pathology- disease-( The branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases.) At GSU, my sister is taking up the pathology to learn how the body gets infected with different diseases.

pseudo -psuedopod- false-(Temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion.) Some baterias have pseudopods to help them get around.

sinistro -sinistrad- left-(Toward the left side; sinistrally.) I consider the left side of my body to be sinistrad.

cide -aborticide- kill-(The act of destroying a fetus.) Some women have abortions which consist of getting a aborticide to kill there babies.

itis - hepatitis- in flame-(Inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin.)When some people get hepatitis they have to go to the hospital.

logy - histology- study of- (The branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues.) I think that histology would be a good subject to take up in college.

meter -pedometer- measure-(Measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking) We thought that it would be better to use pedometers to measure a fence.

plasty -osteoplasty- formed-(An operation or process by which the total or partial loss of a bone is remedied.) When peoples bones start to deterioate they have to have an osteoplasty.

scope- otoscope- examine- (Medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane) When i go to the doctor they use and otoscope to look in my ear.