Prefixes & Suffixes
Combining forms Urinary & Digestive System
Combining forms Reproductive & Endocrine System
Combining forms Skeletal & Muscular System
Prefixes & Suffixes
100

What does the suffix -itis mean? 

What is Inflammation?

100

What does Bacteri/o mean?

What is bacteria?

100

What does andr/o mean?

What is male?

100

What does femor/o mean?

What is femur?

100

What does the prefix hemi- mean? 

What is half?

200

The suffix -sclerosis means what? 

What is Hardening?

200

What does gluc/o mean?

What is glucose, sugar, sweetness?

200

What does gynec/o mean?

What is female?

200

What does kinesi/o mean?

What is movement?

200

What does the suffix- rrhaphy mean?

What is suture, suturing?

300

The suffix -lith means what? 

What is stone?
300

What does cyst/o mean? 

What is Bladder?

300

What does acr/o mean?

What is extremities?

300

What does kyph/o mean?

What is hump?

300

What does the suffix -ous mean?

What is pertaining to?

400

What prefix means same or equal?

What is iso-?

400

What does cec/o mean?

What is cecum?
400

What does kal/i mean?

What is potassium?

400

What does lumb/o mean?

What is lower back?

400

What prefix means beyond? 

What is Ultra-?

500

What prefix means inward?

What is eso-?

500

What does cholangi/o mean?

What is bile duct?

500

What does natr/o mean?

What is sodium?

500

What does spondyl/o mean?

What is vertebrae?

500

What prefix means both?

What is ambi- ?

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