CHAPTER 1 TURLEY

sub-

below; underneath; less than

tachy-

fast

-ation

being or having; a process

ped/o-

child

-scopy

using an instrument to examine

orth/o-

straight

digest/o-

to break down/ digest food.

-ion

action; condition

muscul/o-

muscle

hyper-

above average

-ics

knowledge, practice

-ia

condition, state, or thing

techn/o-

technical skill

-al

pertaining too.

diet/o-

diet/ foods

intra-

within

-ar

pertaining to

pysch/o-

mind

-ous

pertaining to

electr/o-

electricity

post-

after

communicat/o-

impart, transmit

-pathy

disease, suffering

-itary

medical

hypo-

below; deficient

endo-

innermost, within

-ism

process; disease from a specific cause

scop-

examine with an instrument

etym/o-

origin of a word.

-ary

pertaining to

an-

without

anti-

against

-ac

pertaining to

-ectomy

surgical excision

dys-

painful, difficult, abnormal

osis-

conditon; abnormal; process

micr/o-

small/ one-millionth

log-

word; the study of