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Word Building
Prefexis, Suffixes, and Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Onych/o | The Nail |
| Viscer/o | Internal Organs |
| -cele | Hernia, Protrusion |
| -ptosis | Drooping |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -osis | Abnormal Condition |
| -graph | Instrument for Recording |
| Infra- | Under, Beneath, Below |
| Intra- | Within, Inside |
| -ectasis | Dilation |
| -ia | State, Condition |
| -iasis | Abnormal Condition |
| Ante- | Before, In Front of |
| Gynec/o | Female |
| Trans- | Through, Across |
| Uni- | One |
| -algia | Pain |
| -ostomy | To Surgically Create an Opening |
| Carcin/o | Cancer |
| -ectomy | To Surgically Remove |
| Macro- | Large |
| Poly- | Many |
| -rrhea | Discharge, Flow |
| Ultra- | Beyond, Excess |
| Morph/o | Shape |
| Pre- | Before, In Front of |
| pseudo- | False |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -plasty | To Surgically repair |
| Hyper- | Over, Above |
| -gen | That Which Produces |
| Nephr/o | Kidney |
| -graphy | Process of Recording |
| Laryng/o | Voice Box |
| Super- | Above, Excess |
| Pan- | All |
| Para- | Beside, Beyond, Near |
| Epi- | Upon, Over |
| Eu- | Normal, Good |
| -stenosis | Narrowing |
| quad- | Four |
| -scope | Instrument for Viewing |
| ot/o | Ear |
| Auto- | Self |
| -therapy | Treatment |
| multi- | Many |
| Chondr/o | Cartilage |
| -rrhage | Excessive, Abnormal Flow |
| Micro- | Small |
| Neo- | New |
| Tri- | Three |
| Hydr/o | Water |
| Neur/o | Nerve |
| Ophthalm/o | Eye |
| Hetero- | Different |
| Path/o | Disease |
| -cise | Cut |
| -logist | One Who Studies |
| a- | Without, Away from |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| Cis/o | To Cut |
| -malacia | Abnormal Softening |
| Dermat/o | Skin |
| ur/o | Urine, Urinary Track |
| Immun/o | Immune |
| An- | Without |
| Aden/o | Gland |
| Anti- | against |
| Sub- | Below, Under |
| Hist/o | Tissue |
| Rhin/o | Nose |
| -logy | Study of |
| Pulmon/o | Lung |
| Homo- | Same |
| Enter/o | Small Intestine |
| Bi- | Two |
| Retro- | Backward, Behind |
| -scopy | Process of Visually Examining |
| Mono- | One |
| Peri- | Around |
| -megaly | Enlargement, Large |
| -oma | Tumor, Mass |
| -pathy | Disease |
| Chem/o | Chemical |
| Supra- | Above |
| Post- | After |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Hemat/o | Blood |
| Semi- | Partial, Half |
| Endo- | Within, Inner |
| -genesis | Produces, Generates |
| -dynia | Pain |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Hemi- | Half |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| -ism | State of |
| -lysis | Destruction |
| -trophy | Nourishment, Development |
| -plasm | Formation, Development |
| -otomy | Cutting Into |
| -centesis | Puncture to Withdraw Fluid |
| -metry | Process of Measuring |
| -rrhaphy | Suture |
| -pexy | Surgical Fixation |
| -genic | Producing, Produced by |
| Per- | Through |
| Inter- | Among, Between |
| Dys- | Painful, Difficult |
| Nulli- | None |
| Tachy- | Rapid, Fast |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -Meter | Instrument for Measuring |
| -gram | Record or Picture |
| -plasia | Development, Growth |
| Lip/o | Fat |
| Hidr/o | Sweat |
| Melan/o | Black |
| -derma | Skin |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Ten/o | Tendon |
| Tend/o | Tendon |
| -kinesia | Movement |
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Crani/o | Skull |
| Oste/o | Bone |
| Angi/o | Vessel |
| Arteri/o | Artery |
| Ven/o | Vein |
| Cry/o | cold |
| Cutane/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| py/o | pus |
| cyan/o | blue |
| ungu/o | nail |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| seb/o | oil |
| trich/o | hair |
| necr/o | death |
| -desis | fuse |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -clasia | to surgically break |
| -kinesia | movment |
| -ponosis | porous |
| ankyl/o | stift joint |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| orth/o | straight |
| kyph/o | hump |
| valvul/o | valve |
| steth/o | chest |
| arteri/o | artery |
| phleb/o | vein |
| angi/o | vessel |
| thromb/o | clot |
| atri/o | atrum |
| arther/o | fatty substance |
| -tension | pressure |
| -manometer | instrument to measure pressure |
| -ole or -ule | small |
| -cyesis | state of pregnancy |
| varic/o | varicose veins |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| episi/o | vulva |
| valvul/o | valve |
| dors/o | back of body |
| dist/o | away from |
| cyt/o | cell |
| crur/o | leg |
| crani/o | skull |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cephal/o | head |
| caud/o | tail |
| fasci/o | fibrous band |
| -porosis | porous |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -desis | stabilize, fuse |
| dacry/o | tear, tear duct |
| -clasia | to surgically break |
| -blast | immature, embryonic |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| ad- | toward |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| radi/o | radius |
| pub/o | pubis |
| pod/o | foot |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| ped/o | child, foot |
| -stasis | standing still |
| patell/o | patella |
| oste/o | bone |
| orth/o | straight |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth (inner ear) |
| -tropia | to turn |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cec/o | cecum |
| metatars/o | metatarsals |
| vas/o | vas deferens |
| -otia | ear condition |
| retin/o | retina |
| -cusis | hearing |
| tympan/o | eardrum, middle ear |
| -ule | small |
| staped/o | stapes |
| salping/o | eustachian tube |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals |
| medull/o | inner portion |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| -paresis | weakness |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| embry/o | embryo |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| lumb/o | loin |
| phot/o | light |
| lord/o | bent backwards |
| lamin/o | lamina, part of vertebra |
| kyph/o | hump |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| ili/o | ilium |
| humer/o | humerus |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| pineal/o | pineal gland |
| dipl/o | double |
| circum- | around |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| femor/o | femur |
| eosin/o | rosy red |
| uln/o | ulna |
| aque/o | water |
| aur/o | ear |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tars/o | ankle |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |
| arteri/o | artery |
| medi/o | middle |
| mening/o | meninges |
| granul/o | granules |
| later/o | side |
| infer/o | below |
| glute/o | buttock |
| auricul/o | ear |
| epitheli/o | epithelium |
| lith/o | stone |
| cost/o | rib |
| cortic/o | outer portion |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| poli/o | gray matter |
| cervic/o | neck |
| -crine | to secrete |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| carp/o | wrist |
| acous/o | hearing |
| burs/o | sac |
| articul/o | joint |
| orchid/o | testes |
| arthr/o | joint |
| toxic/o | poison |
| bas/o | base |
| ankyl/o | stiff joint |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| -arche | beginning |
| -algesia | pain, sensitivity |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| xeno- | strange, foreign |
| allo- | other, different from usual |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| aort/o | aorta |
| -opsy | view of |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| -apheresis | removal, carry away |
| thromb/o | clot |
| ocul/o | eye |
| hem/o | blood |
| synovi/o | synovial membrane |
| stern/o | sternum |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| -orexia | appetite |
| lob/o | lobe |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| pharyng/o | throat, pharynx |
| ov/o | egg |
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