Question | Answer |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? carp/o | wrist bones |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? cib/o | meals |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? cis/o | to cut |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? cost/o | rib |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? cutane/o | skin |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? duct/o | to lead, carry |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? flex/o | to bend |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? furc/o | forking, branching |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? gloss/o | tongue |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? glyc/o | sugar |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? immun/o | protection |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? morph/o | shape, form |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? mort/o | death |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? nat/i | birth |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? nect/o | to bind, tie, connect |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? norm/o | rule, order |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? ox/o | oxygen |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? pub/o | pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? seps/o | infection |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? somn/o | sleep |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? son/o | sound |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? the/o | to put, place |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? thel/o | nipple |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? thyr/o | thyroid gland; shield |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? top/o | place, position, location |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? tox/o | poison |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? trache/o | windpipe, trachea |
What is the meaning of the following combining form? urethr/o | urethra |
What does the following Suffix mean: -crine | to secrete |
What does the following Suffix mean: -blast | embryonic, immature |
What does the following Suffix mean: -drome | to run |
What does the following Suffix mean: -cyesis | pregnancy |
What does the following Suffix mean: -fusion | coming together; to pour |
What does the following Suffix mean: -gen | substance that produces |
What does the following Suffix mean: -lysis | breaddown, separation, loosening |
What does the following Suffix mean: -lapse | to side, fall, sag |
What does the following Suffix mean: -meter | to measure |
What does the following Suffix mean: -mission | to send |
What does the following Suffix mean: -or | one who |
What does the following Suffix mean: -partum | birth, labor |
What does the following Suffix mean: -phoria | to bear, carry; feeling (mental state) |
What does the following Suffix mean: -physis | to grow |
What does the following Suffix mean: -plasia | development, formation |
What does the following Suffix mean: -pnea | breathing |
What does the following Suffix mean: -ptosis | droop, sag, prolapse |
What does the following Suffix mean: -rrhea | flow, discharge |
What does the following Suffix mean: -stasis | stop, control |
What does the following Suffix mean: -trophy | nourishment, development |
What does the following Prefix mean: ab- | away from |
What does the following Prefix mean: ad- | toward |
What does the following Prefix mean: a-, an- | no not, without |
What does the following Prefix mean: ana- | up, apart |
What does the following Prefix mean: ante- | before, forward |
What does the following Prefix mean: anti- | against |
What does the following Prefix mean: auto- | self, own |
What does the following Prefix mean: bi- | two |
What does the following Prefix mean: brady- | slow |
What does the following Prefix mean: cata- | down |
What does the following Prefix mean: con- | with, together |
What does the following Prefix mean: contra- | against, opposite |
What does the following Prefix mean: de- | down, lack of |
What does the following Prefix mean: dia- | through, complete |
What does the following Prefix mean: dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
What does the following Prefix mean: ec-, ecto- | out, outside |
What does the following Prefix mean: en-, endo- | in, within |
What does the following Prefix mean: epi- | upon, on, above |
What does the following Prefix mean: eu- | good, normal |
What does the following Prefix mean: ex- | out, away from |
What does the following Prefix mean: hemi- | half |
What does the following Prefix mean: hyper- | excessive, above |
What does the following Prefix mean: hypo- | deficient, under |
What does the following Prefix mean: in- | not |
What does the following Prefix mean: in- | into, within |
What does the following Prefix mean: infra- | beneath |
What does the following Prefix mean: inter- | between |
What does the following Prefix mean: intra- | into, within |
What does the following Prefix mean: macro- | large |
What does the following Prefix mean: mal- | bad |
What does the following Prefix mean: meta- | beyond, change |
What does the following Prefix mean: micro- | small |
What does the following Prefix mean: neo- | new |
What does the following Prefix mean: pan- | all |
What does the following Prefix mean: para- | abnormal, beside, near |
What does the following Prefix mean: per- | through |
What does the following Prefix mean: peri- | surrounding |
What does the following Prefix mean: poly- | many, much |
What does the following Prefix mean: post- | after, behind |
What does the following Prefix mean: pre- | before, in front of |
What does the following Prefix mean: pro- | before, forward |
What does the following Prefix mean: pseudo- | false |
What does the following Prefix mean: re- | back, again |
What does the following Prefix mean: retro- | behind, backward |
What does the following Prefix mean: sub- | under |
What does the following Prefix mean: supra- | above, upper |
What does the following Prefix mean: syn-, sym- | together, with |
What does the following Prefix mean: tachy- | fast |
What does the following Prefix mean: trans- | across, through |
What does the following Prefix mean: ultra- | beyond, excess |
What does the following Prefix mean: uni- | one |
abductor | Muscle that leads a limb away from the body. |
adductor | Muscle that leads a limb toward the body. |
anabolism | Process of building up proteins in cells. |
anoxia | Without oxygen. |
ante cibum (a.c.) | Before meals. |
anteflexion | Bending forward. |
apnea | Without breathing. |
bilateral | Pertaining to both or two sides. |
bradycardia | Slow heartbeat, usually less than 60 beats per minute. |
congenital anomaly | Abnormality present at birth; birth defect. |
contralateral | Affecting the opposite side of a part of the body. |
dehydration | Excessive loss of water. |
dialysis | Separation of nitrogenous wastes from the blood when kidneys no longer function. |
dyspnea | Difficult breathing. |
ectopic pregnancy | Pregnancy that is not in the normal location (uterus); a fallopian tube is the most common ectopic site. |
endocardium | The inner lining of the heart. |
hemiglossectomy | Removal (resection) of half the tongue. |
hypodermic injection | Placement of a needle below the skin. |
infracostal | Pertaining to below the ribs. |
intravenous | Pertaining to within a vein. |
macrocephaly | Condition of a larger than normal head. |
malignant | Cancerous; harmful. |
metacarpal bones | Hand bones. |
neonatal | Pertaining to a newborn infant. |
pancytopenia | Deficiency of all blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelates). |
percutaneous | Pertaining to through the skin. |
periosteum | Membrane surrounding a bone. |
polyneuritis | Inflammation of many nerves. |
postmortem | After death. |
precancerous | Pertaining to occurring before a malignant condition. |
prenatal | Pertaining to before birth. |
pseudocyesis | False pregnancy. |
recombinant DNA | Insertion of a gene (region of DNA) from an organism into the DNA of another organism. |
retroperitoneal | Pertaining to behind the peritoneum (membrane surrounding the abdominal cavity). |
subacute | Between acute (sharp, sudden, and severe) and chronic (lasting over a long period of time with little change of symptoms). |
subcutaneous | Pertaining to under the skin. |
suprapubic | Pertaining to above the pubic bones. |
symphysis | Bones that grow together separated by a piece of fibrocartilage. The pubic symphysis of the pelvis is an example. |
syndactyly | Fusion of fingers or toes; a congenital anomaly. |
syndactyly | Rapid breathing. |
transurethral | Pertaining to across or through the urethra. |
unilateral | Pertaining to one side. |