exam 3 prefix, suffix and combining forms Flashcards
1
Q
tongue
A
gloss/s and lingu/o
2
Q
lip
A
labi/o and cheil/o
3
Q
belly
A
ceil/o
4
Q
startch
A
amyl/o
5
Q
the root plus a combining vowel is called ______
A
combining form
6
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
7
Q
aden/o
A
gland
8
Q
cephal/o
A
head
9
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
10
Q
crin/o
A
to secrete
11
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
12
Q
nephr/o
A
kidney
13
Q
onc/o
A
tumor
14
Q
ren/o
A
kidney
15
Q
sect/o
A
to cut
16
Q
ur/o
A
urinary tract or urine
17
Q
-globin
A
protein
18
Q
-ion
A
process
19
Q
-ist
A
specialist
20
Q
-opsy
A
process of viewing
21
Q
-osis
A
condition, usually abnormal
22
Q
-sis
A
state of, condition
23
Q
adip/o
A
fat
24
Q
anter/o
A
front
25
dors/o
back portion of the body
26
hist/o
tissue
27
kary/o
nucleus
28
later/o
side
29
lumb/o
lower back
30
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
31
poster/o
back, behind
32
proxim/o
nearest
33
sacr/o
sacrum
34
venter/o
belly side of the body
35
ana-
up
36
meta-
change
37
intra-
within
38
inter-
between
39
cata-
down
40
-plasm
formation
41
-somes
bodies
42
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
43
angi/o
vessel
44
col/o
colon
45
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
46
myel/o
spinal cord or bone marrow
47
radi/o
xray
48
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
49
-lysis
destruction, breakdown, seperation
50
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, seperation
