Medical Terminology (Ch4. Combining Form, Suffixes, & Prefixes)

Front 1

Intra-

Back 1

In, within, into

Front 2

Macro-

Back 2

Large

Front 3

Mal-

Back 3

Bad

Front 4

Inter-

Back 4

Between

Front 5

Macro-

Back 5

Large

Front 6

Infra-

Back 6

Beneath, under

Front 7

Inter-

Back 7

Between

Front 8

Intra-

Back 8

In, within, into

Front 9

Meta-

Back 9

Beyond, change

Front 10

Micro-

Back 10

Small

Front 11

Infra-

Back 11

Beneath, under

Front 12

Poly-

Back 12

Many, much

Front 13

Post-

Back 13

After, behind

Front 14

In-

Back 14

Into, within

Front 15

In-

Back 15

Not

Front 16

Hypo-

Back 16

Deficient, under

Front 17

Pre-

Back 17

Before, in front of

Front 18

In-

Back 18

Into, within

Front 19

In-

Back 19

Not

Front 20

Mal-

Back 20

Bad

Front 21

Meta-

Back 21

Beyond, change

Front 22

Micro-

Back 22

Small

Front 23

Hypo-

Back 23

Deficient, under

Front 24

Neo-

Back 24

New

Front 25

Para-

Back 25

Abnormal, beside , near

Front 26

Pan-

Back 26

All

Front 27

Neo-

Back 27

New

Front 28

Pan-

Back 28

All

Front 29

Post-

Back 29

After, behind

Front 30

Pre-

Back 30

Before, in front of

Front 31

Pro-

Back 31

Before, forward

Front 32

Poly-

Back 32

Many, much

Front 33

Peri-

Back 33

Surrounding

Front 34

Para-

Back 34

Abnormal, beside , near

Front 35

Per-

Back 35

Through

Front 36

Per-

Back 36

Through

Front 37

Peri-

Back 37

Surrounding

Front 38

Carp/o

Back 38

Wrist bones

Front 39

Cis/o

Back 39

Cut

Front 40

Cost/o

Back 40

Rib

Front 41

Cutane/o

Back 41

Skin

Front 42

Dactyl/o

Back 42

Fingers, toes

Front 43

Duct/o

Back 43

Lead, carry

Front 44

Flex/o

Back 44

Bend

Front 45

Furc/o

Back 45

Branching

Front 46

Gloss/o

Back 46

Tongue

Front 47

Glyc/o

Back 47

Sugar

Front 48

Immun/o

Back 48

Protection

Front 49

Morph/o

Back 49

Shape, form

Front 50

Mort/o

Back 50

Death

Front 51

Nat/i

Back 51

Birth

Front 52

Norm/o

Back 52

Rule, order

Front 53

Ox/o

Back 53

Oxygen

Front 54

Pub/o

Back 54

Pubis (pubic bone; anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone)

Front 55

Seps/o

Back 55

Infection

Front 56

Somn/o

Back 56

Sleep

Front 57

Son/o

Back 57

Sound

Front 58

Tens/o

Back 58

Force, strain, stretch

Front 59

The/o

Back 59

Put, place

Front 60

Thel/o, theli/o

Back 60

Nipple

Front 61

Thyr/o

Back 61

Thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled (-oid) a shield of those who named it)

Front 62

Top/o

Back 62

Place, position, location

Front 63

Tox/o

Back 63

Poison

Front 64

Trache/o

Back 64

Windpipe, trachea

Front 65

Urethr/o

Back 65

Urethra

Front 66

-crine

Back 66

Secrete

Front 67

-drome

Back 67

Run

Front 68

-fusion

Back 68

Coming together; to pour

Front 69

-gen

Back 69

Substance that produces

Front 70

-lapse

Back 70

Slide, fall, sag

Front 71

-lysis

Back 71

Breakdown, destruction, separation

Front 72

-meter

Back 72

Measure

Front 73

-mission

Back 73

Send

Front 74

-or

Back 74

One who

Front 75

-oxia

Back 75

Oxygen

Front 76

-partum

Back 76

Birth, labor

Front 77

-phoria

Back 77

Bear, carry; feeling (mental state

Front 78

-physis

Back 78

Grow

Front 79

-plasia

Back 79

Development, formation, growth

Front 80

-plasm

Back 80

Structure or formation

Front 81

-pnea

Back 81

Breathing

Front 82

-ptom

Back 82

Happening, occurrence

Front 83

-ptosis

Back 83

Falling, drooping, prolapse

Front 84

-rrhea

Back 84

Flow, discharge

Front 85

-stasis

Back 85

Stopping, controlling

Front 86

-trophy

Back 86

Development, nourishment

Front 87

Ad-

Back 87

Toward

Front 88

Ana-

Back 88

Up, apart

Front 89

Ante-

Back 89

Before, forward

Front 90

Anti-

Back 90

Against

Front 91

Auto-

Back 91

Self, own

Front 92

Bi-

Back 92

Two

Front 93

Brady-

Back 93

Slow

Front 94

Cata-

Back 94

Down

Front 95

Con-

Back 95

With, together

Front 96

Contra-

Back 96

Against, opposite

Front 97

Hyper-

Back 97

Excessive, above

Front 98

T

Back 98

T

Front 99

De-

Back 99

Down, lack of

Front 100

Dia-

Back 100

Through, complete

Front 101

Dys-

Back 101

Abnormal, bad, difficult, painful

Front 102

Ec-

Back 102

Out, outside

Front 103

Endo-

Back 103

In, w/in

Front 104

Epi-

Back 104

Upon, on, above

Front 105

Eu-

Back 105

Good, normal

Front 106

Ex-

Back 106

Out, outside

Front 107

Hypo-

Back 107

Deficient, under

Front 108

Neo-

Back 108

New

Front 109

Pan-

Back 109

All

Front 110

Para-

Back 110

Abnormal, beside , near

Front 111

Per-

Back 111

Through

Front 112

Peri-

Back 112

Surrounding

Front 113

Poly-

Back 113

Many, much

Front 114

Post-

Back 114

After, behind

Front 115

Pre-

Back 115

Before, in front of

Front 116

Pro-

Back 116

Before, forward

Front 117

In-

Back 117

Not

Front 118

In-

Back 118

Into, within

Front 119

Infra-

Back 119

Beneath, under

Front 120

Inter-

Back 120

Between

Front 121

Intra-

Back 121

In, within, into

Front 122

Macro-

Back 122

Large

Front 123

Mal-

Back 123

Bad

Front 124

Meta-

Back 124

Beyond, change

Front 125

Micro-

Back 125

Small

Front 126

Pros-

Back 126

Before, forward

Front 127

Re-

Back 127

Back, again

Front 128

Retro-

Back 128

Behind, backward

Front 129

Sub-

Back 129

Under

Front 130

Supra-

Back 130

Above, upper

Front 131

Syn-, sym-

Back 131

Together, with

Front 132

Tachy-

Back 132

Fast

Front 133

Trans-

Back 133

Across, through

Front 134

Ultra-

Back 134

Beyond, excess

Front 135

Uni-

Back 135

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