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Prefix suffix Quiz 3
MEDICAL PREFIXES, SUFFIXES AND COMBINED FORMS...
Term | Definition |
---|---|
acou- | hearing |
adeno- | gland |
adipo- | fat |
andro- | male |
aqueo- | water |
-arche | beginning |
-ase | an enzyme |
audio- | hearing |
auri- | ear |
bacterio- | bacteria |
balano- | penis |
blepharo- | eyelid |
carcino- | cancer |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-cidal | killing, destroying |
-cysto | bladder; cyst; cystic duct |
encephalo- | brain |
gastro- | stomach; belly |
gono- | seed, semen |
-gram | a recording |
gyneco- | woman |
hystero- | uterus, hysteria; late, following |
-iasis | condition, state |
lipo- | fat, lipid |
litho- | stone, calculus, calcification |
lys- | lysis, dissolution |
lyso- | lysis, dissolution |
meno- | menstruation |
oo- | egg, ovary |
-phobia | fear |
pseudo- | false |
psych- | mind |
-ptosis | sagging, falling |
radio- | radiation, x-ray; radius |
-rrhagia | discharge |
-rrhea | flow |
somat- | body, bodily |
sono- | sound; ultrasound |
spermato- | semen, sperm |
-stasis | stopping staphylococci ??? stop; control; place |
-stat | arresting charge or movement (not on quiz: aka immediately, urgent, rush) |
-tomy | cutting operation |
uro- | urine; urinary tract |
vasculo- | blood vessel |