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Endocrine
Prefix / Suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anti- | against |
| eu- | well; good |
| poly- | many |
| ad- | toward; in the direction |
| pan- | all; entire |
| para- | near; beside |
| poli- | gray matter |
| inter- | between |
| hypo- | below; deficient |
| post- | after |
| micro- | small |
| pre- | before |
| hyper- | above; excessive |
| meta- | change |
| a-; an- | without |
| bi- | two |
| dys- | painful; bad |
| semi- | half |
| epi- | upon; over |
| tri- | three |
| mal- | bad |
| -crine | secrete |
| -emia | blood |
| -phagia | eating; swallowing |
| -oma | tumor |
| -trophy | nourishment; development |
| -toxic | poison |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -ism | state of |
| -physis | growth |
| -tropic | stimulating |
| -tropin | stimulate |
| -uria | urine |
| -ectomy | excission |
| -genesis | origin |
| -ology | study of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -oid | resembling |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -para | to bear |
| -tomy | incision |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |