148 CHAPTER 4• Respiratory System
Word Element Meaning Word Element Meaning
-oma tumor -thorax chest
-osis abnormal condition; increase -tome instrument to cut
(used primarily with blood cells)
-pathy disease -tomy incision
Prefixes
a-, an- without, not hyp-, hypo- under, below, deficient
dys- bad; painful; difficult macro- large
endo- in, within micro- small
epi- above, upon neo- new
eu- good, normal peri- aroundVisit the Medical Language Lab at the website medicallanguagelab.com.Use the flash-
card exercise to reinforce your study of word elements. We recommend you
complete the flash-card exercise before starting the Word Elements Chapter
Review that follows.