Medical Terminology (Ch.5 Suffixes, Prefixes, And Combining Forms)

Front 1

An/o

Back 1

Anus

Front 2

Append/o, appendic/o

Back 2

Appendix

Front 3

Bucc/o

Back 3

Cheek

Front 4

Cec/o

Back 4

Cecum

Front 5

Celi/o

Back 5

Belly, abdomen

Front 6

Cheil/o

Back 6

Lip

Front 7

Cholecyst/o

Back 7

Gallbladder

Front 8

Choledoch/o

Back 8

Common bile duct

Front 9

Col/o

Back 9

Colon

Front 10

Colon/o

Back 10

Colon

Front 11

Enter/o

Back 11

Intestines, usually small intestine

Front 12

Gastr/o

Back 12

Stomach

Front 13

Faci/o

Back 13

Face

Front 14

Gingiv/o

Back 14

Gums

Front 15

Gloss/o

Back 15

Tongue

Front 16

Hepat/o

Back 16

Liver

Front 17

Ile/o

Back 17

Ileum

Front 18

Jejun/o

Back 18

Jejunum

Front 19

Labi/o

Back 19

Lip

Front 20

Lapar/o

Back 20

Abdomen

Front 21

Lingu/o

Back 21

Tongue

Front 22

Mandibul/o

Back 22

Lower jaw, mandible

Front 23

Odont/o

Back 23

Tooth

Front 24

Or/o

Back 24

Mouth

Front 25

Peritone/o

Back 25

Peritoneum

Front 26

Rect/o

Back 26

Rectum

Front 27

Stomat/o

Back 27

Mouth

Front 28

Uvul/o

Back 28

Uvula

Front 29

Lith/o

Back 29

Stone

Front 30

Prote/o

Back 30

Protein

Front 31

Py/o

Back 31

Pus

Front 32

Sial/o

Back 32

Saliva, salivary

Front 33

-ase

Back 33

Enzyme

Front 34

-chezia

Back 34

Defecation, elimination of waste

Front 35

-iasis

Back 35

Abnormal condition

Front 36

-prandial

Back 36

Meal

Front 37

Amyl/o

Back 37

Starch

Front 38

Bil/i

Back 38

Gall, bile

Front 39

Bilirubin/o

Back 39

Bilirubin (bile pigment)

Front 40

Chol/échalo

Back 40

Gall, bile

Front 41

Chlorhydr/o

Back 41

Hydrochloric acid

Front 42

Gluc/o

Back 42

Sugar

Front 43

Glyc/o

Back 43

Sugar

Front 44

Glycogen/o

Back 44

Glycogen, animal starch

Front 45

Lip/o

Back 45

Fat, lipid