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-able

Adjective Forming Suffix:




capable of (being), able to

-ation

Noun Forming Suffix:




indicating an action or a process: the act of (being), the result of (being), something that is:

-ce

Noun Forming Suffix:




the act of (being), the state of (being)

-cy

Noun Forming Suffix:




the act of (being), the state of (being)

-ible

Adjective Forming Suffix:




capable of (being)

-id

Adjective Forming Suffix:




in state or condition of

-ile

Adjective Forming Suffix:




capable of (being), like

-ion

Noun Forming Suffix:




the act of

-ive

Adjective Forming Suffix:




pertaining to

-ment

Noun Forming Suffix:




agent or instrument

-or

Noun Forming Suffix:




agent or instrument

-orium

Noun Forming Suffix:




place for something

-ory

1) Adjective Forming Suffix: pertaining to



2) Noun Forming Suffix: place for something

-ure, -ura

Noun Forming Suffix:




result of an action

ANTER-

Combining Form:




front, in front of

BRACHI-

Combining Form:




(upper) arm

-CID-, -CIS-

Combining Form:




cut, kill

-CIP-, -CEPT-

Combining Form:




take

CRESC-, -CRET-

Combining Form:




(begin to) grow

DIGIT-

Combining Form:




finger, toe

DUC-, DUCT-

Combining Form:




lead, bring, conduct

FAC-, -FIC-, -FECT

Combining Form:




make

FACI-, -FICI-, FACIES

Combining Form:




face, appearance, surface

FEBR-, FEBRIS

Combining Form:




fever

FER-, LAT-

Combining Form:




carry, bear

FLECT-, FLEX-

Combining Form:




bend

FUNG-

Combining Form:




(mushroom) fungus

FUS-

Combining Form:




pour

GENIT-

Combining Form:




bring forth, give birth

GER-, GEST-

Combining Form:




carry, bear

IMMUN(I)-

Combining Form:




(exempt) safe, protected

INFERIOR-

Combining Form:




below

LAB-, LAPS-

Combining Form:




slide, slip

LATER-

Combining Form:




side

OR-, OS

Combining Form:




mouth, opening

OSS-

Combining Form:




bone

PEDICUL-

Combining Form:




louse

POSTER-, -POSTERIOR

Combining Form:




behind, in back

SECT-

Combining Form:




cut

SOMN-

Combining Form:




sleep

STABIL-, STABL-

Combining Form:




stable, fixed

SUPERIOR-

Combining Form:




above

TUM(E)-

Combining Form:




be swollen

AMYL-

Combining Form:




starch

ANGIN-

Combining Form:




choking pain, angina pectoris

AORT-

Combining Form:




aorta

ARCT(AT)-

Combining Form:




compress

ATHER-

Combining Form:




(soup) fatty deposit

ATRI-

Combining Form:




(entrance hall) atrium

BOL-

Combining Form:




a throwing

CAPILL-

Combining Form:




(hair) capillary

CIRS-

Combining Form:




dilated and twisted vein, varix

-CLUD-, -CLUS-

Combining Form:




close

COR, CORD-

Combining Form:




heart

CORON-

Combining Form:




crown

CUSP-, -CUSPID

Combining Form:




point

DEXTR-

Combining Form:




right (side)

-FORM

Combining Form:




shape

GURGIT-, GURGITAT-

Combining Form:




flood, flow

PECTOR-

Combining Form:




breast, chest

PHLEB-

Combining Form:




vein

PULM(ON)-

Combining Form:




lung, pulmonary artery

RHYTHM-

Combining Form:




[steady motion] heartbeat

SEPT-

Combining Form:




wall, partition

SIN-, SINUS-

Combining Form:




[curve, hollow] sinus

SINISTR-

Combining Form:




left (side)

SPHYGM-

Combining Form:




pulse

STAL-, STOL-

Combining Form:




send, contraction

TENS(I)-

Combining Form:




stretch

THROMB-

Combining Form:




blood clot

TOP-

Combining Form:




place

VAG-

Combining Form:




[wandering] the vagus nerve

VARIC-, VARIX

Combining Form:




dilated and twisted vein, varix

VAS-

Combining Form:




(blood) vessel; vas deferens

VEN-

Combining Form:




vein

VENTR-

Combining Form:




belly, abdomen, abdominal cavity

ALVE-

Combining Form:




hollow, cavity

AMYGDAL-

Combining Form:




[almond] tonsil

ANTHRAX, ANTHRAC-

Combining Form:




coal; anthrax

AUX-, -AUXE, -AUXIS

Combining Form:




grow, increase

BACTER(I)-

Combining Form:




[small staff] bacterium

BRONCH(I)-

Combining Form:




[windpipe] bronchus

CAPN-

Combining Form:




[smoke] carbon dioxide

COCC-, -COCCUS

Combining Form:




[berry] coccus ( a type of spherical bacterium)

CONI-, KONI-

Combining Form:




dust

LABI-

Combining Form:




lip

LARYNX-, LARYNG-

Combining Form:




larynx

PARESIS

Combining Form:




slackening of strength, paralysis

PHARYNX, PHARYNG-

Combining Form:




[throat] pharynx

PHYS-

Combining Form:




air, gas

PLEUR-

Combining Form:




[side] pleura

PNE-

Combining Form:




breathe

PNEUM(AT)-

Combining Form:




[breathe] air, gas

PNEUM(ON)-

Combining Form:




lung

SIDER-

Combining Form:




iron

SPIR(AT)-

Combining Form:




breathe

STAPHYL-

Combining Form:




[bunch of grapes] uvula, palate, staphylococci (microorganisms that cluster together like a bunch of grapes)

STERN-

Combining Form:




chest, breast, breastbone


STETH-

Combining Form:




chest, breast

STREPT-

Combining Form:




[twisted] streptococci (microorganisms that form twisted chains)

SUD(OR)-

Combining Form:




sweat, fluid

THORAX, THORAC-

Combining Form:




chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax

TRACH(E)-, TRACHY-

Combining Form:




[rough] trachea

BILI-

Combining Form:




bile

CARDI-

Combining Form:




cardia (upper orifice of the stomach)

CEC-

Combining Form:




[blind] cecum

CLY(S)-

Combining Form:




rinse out, inject

COPR-

Combining Form:




excrement, fecal matter

CREAT-

Combining Form:




flesh

-DOCH-

Combining Form:




duct

DUODEN-

Combining Form:




[12] duodenum

ESOPHAG-

Combining Form:




esophagus

FEC-

Combining Form:




[sediment] excrement, fecal matter

GEUS(T)-

Combining Form:




taste

GINGIV-

Combining Form:




gum (of the mouth)

GLOSS-

Combining Form:




tongue

ILE-

Combining Form:




ileum

JEJUN-

Combining Form:




[empty] jejunum

LIEN-

Combining Form:




spleen

LINGU-

Combining Form:




tongue

OSM-

Combining Form:




sense of smell; odor

OSPHER-

Combining Form:




sense of smell

PEPS-, PEPT-

Combining Form:




digest

PROCT-

Combining Form:




anus

PYLE-

Combining Form:




[gate] portal vein

PYLOR-

Combining Form:




[gatekeeper] pylorus

RECT-

Combining Form:




[straight] rectum

SCAT-

Combining Form:




excrement, fecal matter

SIAL-

Combining Form:




saliva, salivary duct

SIGM-

Combining Form:




[sigma, the greek letter s] sigmoid colon

SPHINCTER-

Combining Form:




sphincter muscle

SPLANCHN-

Combining Form:




internal organ, viscus

TYPHL-

Combining Form:




[blind] cecum

ZYM-

Combining Form:




[leaven] ferment, enzyme, fermentation

BLEPHAR-

Combining Form:




eyelid

CHOROID-

Combining Form:




[skinlike] choroid

COR(E)-

Combining Form:




[girl] pupil (of the eye)

CYCL-

Combining Form:




circle, the ciliary body

DACRY-

Combining Form:




tear, lacrimal sac or duct

HERPES, HERPET-

Combining Form:




[shingles] herpes, a creeping skin disease

IR(ID)-

Combining Form:




[rainbow] iris

JUNCT-

Combining Form:




join

KERAT-

Combining Form:




[horn] cornea

LACRIM-

Combining Form:




tear

MY-

Combining Form:




close, shut

OCUL-

Combining Form:




eye

OP(S)-

Combining Form:




vision

OPHTHALM-

Combining Form:




eye

OPT-

Combining Form:




[seen] vision; eye

PHAC-, PHAK-

Combining Form:




[lentil] lens

RET-, RETIN-

Combining Form:




[net] retina; network, plexus

STIGM-, STIGMAT-

Combining Form:




point, mark, spot

XER-

Combining Form:




dry

AGOG-

Combining Form:




leading, drawing forth

ARCH-, -ARCHE

Combining Form:




beginning, origin

CERVIC-, CERVIX

Combining Form:




neck (of the uterus), cervix uteri

COLP-

Combining Form:




vagina

CYE-

Combining Form:




be pregnant

EURY(N)-

Combining Form:




widen, dilate

GAL-, GALACT-

Combining Form:




milk

-GN-, NAT-

Combining Form:




be born

GONAD-

Combining Form:




sex glands, sex organs

GRAVID-

Combining Form:




pregnant

HYMEN-

Combining Form:




membrane; hymen

HYSTER-

Combining Form:




uterus

LACT-

Combining Form:




milk

MAMM-

Combining Form:




breast

MAST-, MAZ-

Combining Form:




breast

MEN-

Combining Form:




[month] menstruation

METR-, -METRA

Combining Form:




uterus

OOPHOR-

Combining Form:




ovary

OVARI-

Combining Form:




ovary

OV-

Combining Form:




egg

PART-, -PARA

Combining Form:




give birth

PELV-

Combining Form:




[basin] pelvis

PUB-

Combining Form:




[signs of manhood] pubic hair, pubic bone, pubic region, pubis

PUBER(T)-

[manhood] puberty

SALPING-, -SALPINX

Combining Form:




[war trumpet] fallopian tube

SYRING-, -SYRINX

Combining Form:




[pipe] fistula, cavity, oviduct, sweat glands, syringe

THEL(E)-

Combining Form:




nipple

TOC-

Combining Form:




childbirth, labor

UTER-

Combining Form:




womb, belly, uterus

VAGIN-

Combining Form:




[sheath] vagina

-ter

Noun Forming Suffix:




instrument, device

ACTIN-

Combining Form:




[ray] radiation

-AGRA

Combining Form:




[hunting] (sudden) pain, gout

CORTIC-, CORTEX

Combining Form:




[bark, rind] outer layer (of an organ)

CYR(M)-

Combining Form:




icy cold

GLYC-

Combining Form:




sugar

INGUIN-

Combining Form:




groin

-LAGNIA

Combining Form:




abnormal sexual excitation or gratification

ORCHI(D)-, ORCH(E)-

Combining Form:




testicle

PEN-

Combining Form:




[tail] penis

PHALL-

Combining Form:




penis

PYEL-

Combining Form:




renal pelvis

RHABD-

Combining Form:




rod

SCROT-

Combining Form:




[bag] scrotum

SEM-, SEMIN-

Combining Form:




seed, semen

SPERM(AT)-

Combining Form:




seed, sperm, semen

UR-

Combining Form:




urine, urinary tract, uric acid

URETER-

Combining Form:




ureter

URETHR-

Combining Form:




urethra

VESIC-

Combining Form:




(urinary) bladder

ZO-

Combining Form:




animal, organism