practice for medical conditions prefixes & suffixes
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| acanth/o | throny; spiny
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| acr/o |
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| acu/o | sharp
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| aden/o | gland
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| albumin/o | protein
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| algesi/0 | pain, excessive sensitivity to
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| andr/o | male
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| acanth/o | thorny, spiky
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| angi/o | vessel
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| ankyl/o | crooked/bent/stiff
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| aponeur/o | aponeurosis (type of tendon)
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| articul/o | incomplete
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| atel/o | yellowish plague; fatty substance, paste
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| aur/i | ear
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| aur/o | armpit
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| axill/o | bacteria
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| bol/o | arm
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| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel bone)
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| caud/o | tail; lower part of body
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| caus/o | burn
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| cauter/o | belly; abdomen
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| celi/o | head
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| chorndr/o | cartilage
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| chrom/o | color
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| chym/o | to pour
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| cib/o | meals
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| cine/o | movement
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| cirrh/o | orange-yellow
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| cis-o | cut
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| core/o | pupil
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| corti/o | cortex
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| cost/o | ribs
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| cras/o | disease; mixture
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| crin/o | secrete
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| crypt/o | hidden
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| cutane/o | skin
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| cyan/o | blue
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| cyt/o | cell
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| dactyl/o | fingers or toes
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| diaphor/o | sweat
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| dips/o | thirst
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| dist/o | far
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| duct/o | carry; to lead
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| dur/o | dura mater
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| ech/o | sound
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| emmetr/o | in due measure
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| encephal/o | brain
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| enter/o | small intestine
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| erg/o | work
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| erythem/o | flushed; redness
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| erythro/o | red
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| estesi/o | feeling (nervous sensation)
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| ethm/o | sieve
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| fic/o | to make; do
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| gen/o | producing; beginning
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| glauco/o | gray
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| gli/o | glue; neurological tissue
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| gnos/o | knowledge
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| gravid/o | pregnancy
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| hemo | blood
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| hemat/o | blood
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| hepat/o | liver
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| hidr/o | sweat
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| hist/o | tissue
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| home/o | sameness; unchanging; constant
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| hypno | sleep
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| iatr/o | treatment
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| ichthy/o | dry, scaly
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| is/o | individual; own; self
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| inguin/o | groin
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| is/o | same; equal
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| kyph/o | humpback
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| lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebral arch)
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| lapar/o | abdominal wall; abdomen
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| later/o | side
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| lept/o | thin/slender
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| lex/l | speech; word
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| lingu/o | tongue
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| lord/o | swayback; curve
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| malleol/o | malleolus
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| mast/o | breast
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| maxill/o | upper jaw; upper jaw bone
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| medi/o | middle
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| mediastin/o | mediastinum
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| medull/o | medulla; middle; soft
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| men/o | menses; menstruation
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| mento/o | mind
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| mi/o | small; less than
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| mut/a | mutation; genetic change
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| mutagen/o | causing genetic change
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| my/o | muscle
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| myel/o | spinal cord; bone marrow
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| myom/o | muscle tumor
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| myos/o | muscle
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| narc/o | numbness stupor
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| nat/l | birth
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| necro | death
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| nephro | kidney
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| neuro | nerve
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| normo | rule; order normal
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| ocul/o | eye
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| con/o | mass; tumor
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| opac/o | dark; impervious to light rays
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| opthalm/o | eye
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| or/o | mouth
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| orth/o | straight
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| ot/o | ear
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| pachy/o | thick; heavy
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| papill/o | nipple-like; finger like
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| path/o | disease
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| perone/o | fibula
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| phag/o | eat; swallow
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| phas/o | speech
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| phil/o | like; love; attracttion to
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| phleb/o | vein
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| phot/o | light
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| phren/p | diagram; mind
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| physi/o | nature
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| plas/o | development; formation
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| ple/o | more; many
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| plex/o | plexus; nerve network
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| pod/o | foot
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| pont/o | pons; part of the brain
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| presby/o | old
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| proct/o | anus & rectum
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| proto | first
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| prote/o | first; protein
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| pseudo | false; not true
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| pub/o | pubis (part of the hip)
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| rachio | spinal column; vertebrae
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| radiculo | nerve root
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| reticulo | network
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| roetngeno | x-rays
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| sarco | flash (connective tissue)
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| ton/o | tension
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| top/o | place position location
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| tympano/o | eardrum; middle ear
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| uln/o | ulna (medical lower arm bones)
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| urni/o | urine
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| ventro/o | belly side of body
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| ventricul/o | ventricle of the brain or heart
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| venul/o | venule; small vein
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| vesic/o | urinary bladder
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| viscer/o | internal organs
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| vit/a | life
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| vit/o | life
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