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Prefixes
Combining Forms and Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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abdomi/o | abdomen |
an/o | anus (opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body) |
bi/o | life |
cardi/o | heart |
carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
cis/o | to cut |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | skull |
cutane/o | skin |
dur/o | dura mater (outermost meningeal membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord) |
gen/o | to produce, to begin |
glyc/o | sugar |
hemat/o | blood |
later/o | side |
men/o | menses (monthly discharge of blood from the lining of the uterus) |
nat/i | birth |
neur/o | nerve |
norm/o | rule, order |
oste/o | bone |
peritone/o | peritoneum (membrane surrounding the organs in the abdomen) |
plas/o | formation, growth, development |
ren/o | kidney |
scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
son/o | sound |
thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
top/o | to put, place, position |
troph/o | development nourishment |
urethr/o | urethra (tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body) |
uter/o | uterus |
ven/o | vein |
vertebr/o | vertebra (backbone) |