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Medical Term Quiz
combining forms, prefix's, and suffix's
Question | Answer |
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anter/o | front |
arthr/o | joint |
bi/o | life |
cardi/o | heart |
caud/o | tail |
cephal/o | head |
cervic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus) |
col/o, colon/o | large intestine; colon |
cost/o | rib |
cyt/o | cell |
dist/o | away from the point of origin; far; distant |
dors/o | back of the body |
enter/o | intestines (usually the small intestine) |
gastr/o | stomach |
glyc/o | sugar; glucose |
hepat/o | liver |
hist/o | tissue |
infer/o | below |
later/o | side |
lip/o | fat |
log/o | study |
medi/o | middle |
my/o | muscle |
neur/o | nerve |
path/o | disease |
poster/o | back (of body); behind |
proxim/o | near the point of origin; near; close |
sarc/o | flesh; connective tissue |
super/o | above |
thorac/o | chest |
ventr/o | belly side of body; ventral aspect |
viscer/o | internal organs |
a-, an- | not; without |
ante- | before |
anti- | against |
bi- | two; both |
brady- | slow |
endo- | in; within |
epi- | on; over; upon |
hyper- | above; above normal; excessive |
hypo- | below; below normal; deficient |
inter- | between |
intra- | within; into |
peri- | around; surrounding |
sub- | below; under |
supra- | above |
tachy- | fast |
trans- | across |
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -iac, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ior | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
-emia | blood condition |
-gen | substance that produces |
-ia | condition |
-ine | a substance (noun) pertaining to (adjective) |
-itis | inflammation |
-logist | specialist (one who studies) |
-logy | study of |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor; mass |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-stomy | surgical opening |
-tomy | process of cutting; incision |
-um | structure; tissue; thing |