level: pre/suf/combing forms
Questions and Answers List
level questions: pre/suf/combing forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| anis/o | unequal (in size) |
| anter/o | front |
| bol/o | to cast (throw) |
| caud/o | tail |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | tailbone |
| crani/o | skull |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| cyt/o | cell |
| medi/o | middle |
| my/o | muscle |
| neur/o | nerve |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| path/o | disease |
| pelv/o | pelvis (hip) |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| Pharyng/o | throat |
| poster/o | back; behind |
| prot/o | first |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | connective tissue |
| dist/o | far; distant |
| dors/o | back of body |
| duct/o | to lead or carry |
| hist/o | tissue |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| laryng/o | voice box; laryngx |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| spin/o | spine; backbone |
| stern/o | sternum |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | windpipe |
| umbilic/o | navel; umbilicus |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae; backbones |
| viscer/o | viscera; internal organs |
| a-; an- | no; not; without |
| ana- | up |
| cata- | down |
| endo- | in; within |
| epi- | above; upon; on |
| hypo- | deficient; below; under; less then normal |
| inter- | between |
| meta- | change |
| neo- | new |
| uni- | one |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -eal, -iac, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ose | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas |
| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
| -ism | process; condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -oma | tumor; mass; fluid collection |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -plasia | development; formation; growth |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -somes | bodies |
| -tomy | incision; process of cutting into |