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Pre/Suf/Root/Combo
Human A&P Marieb 8th Ed.: Word Roots, Prefices, Suffixes, and Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | absence or lack |
| ab- | departing from, away from |
| acou- | hearing |
| ac-, acro- | extreme or extremity, peak |
| ad- | to or toward |
| aden-, adeno- | gland |
| adren- | toward the kidney |
| aero- | air |
| af- | toward |
| agon- | contest |
| alb- | white |
| aliment- | nourish |
| allel- | of one another |
| amphi- | on both sides, of both kinds |
| ana- | apart, up, again |
| anastomos- | come together |
| aneurysm | a widening |
| angi- | vessel |
| angin- | choked |
| ant-, anti- | opposed to, preventing, or inhibiting |
| ante- | preceding, before |
| aort- | great artery |
| ap-, api- | tip, extremity |
| append- | hang to |
| aqua-, aque- | water |
| arbor | tree |
| areola- | open space |
| arrect- | upright |
| arthr-, arthro- | joint |
| artic- | joint |
| atri- | vestibule |
| auscult- | listen |
| aut-, auto- | self |
| ax-, axi-, axo- | axis, axle |
| azyg- | unpaired |
| baro- | pressure |
| basal | base |
| bi- | two |
| bili- | bile |
| bio- | life |
| blast- | bud or germ |
| brachi- | arm |
| brady- | slow |
| brev- | short |
| broncho- | bronchus |
| bucco- | cheek |
| calor- | heat |
| capill- | hair |
| caput- | head |
| carcin- | cancer |
| cardi-, cardio- | heart |
| carneo- | flesh |
| carot- | carrot, stupor |
| cata- | down |
| caud- | tail |
| cec- | blind |
| cele- | abdominal |
| cephal- | head |
| cerebro- | brain, especially the cerebrum |
| cervic-, cervix | neck |
| chaism- | crossing |
| chole- | bile |
| chondr- | cartilage |
| chrom- | colored |
| cili- | small hair |
| circum- | around |
| clavic- | key |
| co-, con- | together |
| coccy- | cuckoo |
| cochlea | snail shell |
| coel- | hollow |
| commis- | united |
| concha | shell |
| contra- | against |
| corn-, cornu- | horn |
| corona | crown |
| corp- | body |
| cort- | bark |
| cost- | rib |
| crani- | skull |
| crypt- | hidden |
| cusp- | pointed |
| cutic- | skin |
| cyan- | blue |
| cyst- | sac, bladder |
| cyt- | cell |
| de- | undoing |
| decid- | falling off |
| delta | triangular |
| den-, dent- | tooth |
| dendr- | tree, branch |
| derm- | skin |
| desm- | bond |
| di- | twice, double |
| dia- | through, between |
| dialys- | separate, break apart |
| diastole- | stand apart |
| diure- | urinate |
| dors- | the back |
| duc-, duct- | lead, draw |
| dura | hard |
| dys- | difficult, faulty, painful |
| ec-, ex-, ecto- | out, outside, away from |
| ectop- | displaced |
| edem- | swelling |
| ef- | away |
| ejac- | to shoot forth |
| embol- | wedge |
| en-, em- | in, inside |
| enceph- | brain |
| endo- | within, inner |
| entero- | intestine |
| epi- | above, over |
| erthr- | red |
| eso- | within |
| eu- | well |
| excret- | separate |
| exo- | outside, outer layer |
| extra- | outside beyond |
| extrins- | from the outside |
| fasci-, fascia- | bundle, band |
| fenestr- | window |
| ferr- | iron |
| flagell- | whip |
| flat- | blow, blown |
| folli- | bag, bellows |
| fontan- | fountain |
| foram- | opening |
| foss- | ditch |
| gam-, gamet- | married, spouse |
| gangli- | swelling, or knot |
| gastr- | stomach |
| gene- | beginning, origin |
| germin- | grow |
| gero-, geront | old man |
| gest- | carried |
| glauc- | gray |
| glom- | glom |
| glosso- | toungue |
| gluco-, glycol- | sugar |
| glute- | buttock |
| gnost- | knowing |
| gompho- | nail |
| gon-, gono- | seed, offspring |
| gust- | taste |
| hapt- | fasten, grasp |
| hema-, hemato-, hemo- | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepat- | liver |
| hetero- | different or other |
| hiat- | gap |
| hippo- | horse |
| hirsute- | hairy |
| hist- | tissue |
| holo- | whole |
| hom-, homo- | same |
| hormon- | to excite |
| humor- | a fluid |
| hyal- | clear |
| hydr-, hydro- | water |
| hyper- | excess |
| hypno- | sleep |
| hypo- | below, deficient |
| hyster-, hystero- | uterus or womb |
| ile- | intestine |
| im- | not |
| inter- | between |
| intercal- | insert |
| intra- | within, inside |
| iso- | equal, same |
| jugul- | throat |
| justa- | near, close to |
| karyo- | kernal, nucleus |
| kera- | horn |
| kilo- | thousand |
| kin-, kines- | move |
| labi-, labri- | lip |
| lact- | milk |
| lacun- | space, cavity, lake |
| lamell- | small plate |
| lamina | layer, sheet |
| lat- | wide |
| laten- | hidden |
| layer- | ide |
| leuko- | white |
| leva- | rise, elevate |
| lingua- | tongue |
| lip-, lipo- | fat, lipid |
| lith- | stone |
| luci- | clear |
| lumen | light |
| lut- | yellow |
| lymph- | water |
| macro- | large |
| macula | spot |
| magn- | large |
| mal- | bad |
| mamm- | breast |
| mast- | breast |
| mater- | mother |
| meat- | passage |
| medi- | middle |
| medull- | marrow |
| mega- | large |
| meio- | less |
| melan- | black |
| men-, menstru- | month |
| meningo- | membrane |
| mer-, mero- | a part |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | beyond, between, transition |
| metro- | uterus |
| micro- | small |
| mictur- | urinate |
| mito- | thread, filament |
| mnem- | memory |
| mono- | single |
| morpho- | form |
| multi- | many |
| mur- | wall |
| muta- | change |
| myelo- | spinal cord, marrow |
| myo- | muscle |
| nano- | dwarf |
| narco- | numbness |
| natri- | sodium |
| necro- | death |
| neo- | new |
| nephro- | kidney |
| neuro- | nerve |
| noci- | harmful |
| nom- | name |
| noto- | back |
| nucle- | pit, kernel, little nut |
| nutri- | feed, nourish |
| ob- | before, against |
| oculo- | eyes |
| odonto- | teeth |
| olfact- | smell |
| oligo- | few |
| onco- | a mass |
| opthalmo- | eye |
| orb- | circular |
| orchi- | testis |
| org- | living |
| ortho- | straight, direct |
| osm- | smell |
| osmo- | pushing |
| osteo- | bone |
| oto- | ear |
| ov-, ovi- | egg |
| oxy- | oxygen |
| pan- | all, universal |
| papill- | nipple |
| para- | beside, near |
| pect-, pectus | breast |
| pelv- | a basin |
| peni- | a tail |
| penna- | feather |
| pent- | five |
| pep-, peps-, pept- | digest |
| per-, permea- | through |
| peri- | around |
| phago- | eat |
| pheno- | show, appear |
| phleb- | vein |
| pi | tender |
| pili- | hair |
| pin-, pino- | drink |
| platy- | flat, broad |
| pleur- | side, rib |
| plex-, plexus | net, network |
| pneumo- | air, wind |
| pod- | foot |
| poly- | multiple |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre-, pro- | before, ahead of |
| procto- | rectum, anus |
| pron- | bent forward |
| propi- | one’s own |
| pseudo- | false |
| psycho- | mind |
| ptos- | fall |
| pub- | of the pubis |
| pulmo- | lung |
| pyo- | pus |
| pyro- | fire |
| quad-, quadr- | four-sided |
| re- | back, again |
| rect- | straight |
| ren- | kidney |
| retin-, retic- | net, network |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| rheum- | watery flow, change, or flux |
| rhin-, rhino- | nose |
| ruga- | fold, wrinkle |
| sagitt- | arrow |
| salta- | leap |
| sanguin- | blood |
| sarco- | flesh |
| saphen- | visible, clear |
| sclero- | hard |
| seb- | grease |
| semen | seed, sperm |
| smi- | half |
| sens- | feeling |
| septi- | rotten |
| septum | fence |
| sero- | serum |
| serrat- | saw |
| sin-, sino- | a hollow |
| soma- | body |
| somn- | sleep |
| sphin- | squeeze |
| splanchn- | organ |
| spondyl- | vertebra |
| squam- | scale, flat |
| steno- | narrow |
| start- | layer |
| stria- | furrow, streak |
| stroma- | spread out |
| sub- | beneath, under |
| sucr- | sweet |
| sudor- | sweat |
| super- | above, upon |
| sym-, syn- | together, with |
| synerg- | work together |
| systole- | contraction |
| tachy- | rapid |
| tact- | touch |
| telo- | the end |
| templ-, tempo- | time |
| tens- | stretched |
| terti- | third |
| tetan- | rigid |
| therm- | heat |
| thromb- | clot |
| thyro- | a shield |
| tissue- | woven |
| tono- | tension |
| tox- | posion |
| trab- | bean, timber |
| trans- | across, through |
| trapez- | table |
| tri- | three |
| trop- | turn, change |
| throph- | nourish |
| tuber- | swelling |
| tunic- | covering |
| tympan- | drum |
| ultra- | beyond |
| vacc- | cow |
| vagin- | sheath |
| vagus- | wanderer |
| valen- | strength |
| venter, ventr- | abdomen belly |
| vent- | the wind |
| vert- | turn |
| vestibl- | a porch |
| vibr- | shake, quiver |
| villus | shaggy hair |
| visero- | organ |
| viscos- | sticky |
| vita- | life |
| vitre- | glass |
| viv- | live |
| vulv- | a covering |
| zyg- | a yoke, twin |
| -able | able to, capable of |
| -ac | referring to |
| -algia | pain in a certain part |
| -apsi | juncture |
| -ary | associated with, relating to |
| -asthen | weakness |
| -bryo | swollen |
| -cide | destroy or kill |
| -cipit | head |
| -clast | break |
| -crine | separate |
| -dips | thirst, dry |
| -ectomy | cutting out, surgical removal |
| -ell, -elle | small |
| -emia | condition of the blood |
| -esthesi | sensation |
| -ferent | carry |
| -form, -forma | shape |
| -fuge | driving out |
| -gen | an agent that initiates |
| -glea, -glia | glue |
| -gram | data the are systematically recorded, a record |
| -grqaph | an instrument used for recording date or writing |
| -ia | condition |
| -iatrics | medical specialty |
| -ism | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lemma | sheath, husk |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | loosening or breaking down |
| -malacia | soft |
| -mania | obsession, compulsion |
| -nata | birth |
| -nom | govern |
| -odyn | pain |
| -oid | like, resembling |
| -omo | tumor |
| -opia | defect of the eye |
| -ory | referring to, of |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phil, -philo | like, love |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phragm | partition |
| -phylax | guard, preserve |
| -plas | grow |
| -plasm | form, shape |
| -plasty | reconstruction of a part, plastic surgery |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhagia | abnormal or excessive discharge |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -scope | instrument used for examination |
| -some | body |
| -sorb | suck in |
| -stalsis | compression |
| -stasis | arrest, fixation |
| -stitia | come to stand |
| -stomy | establishment of an artificial opening |
| -tegm | cover |
| -tomy | to cut |
| -trud | thrust |
| -ty | condition of, state |
| -uria | urine |
| -zyme | ferment |
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