Prefix
Suffix
Root word
Directional term
Medical terms
100

in; within

What is -endo?

100

cell

What is -cyte?

100

tissue

What is hist/o?

100

near the midline of center of body

What is medial?

100

study of disease

What is pathology?

200

below normal

What is -hypo?

200

process; condition

What is -ism?

200

nucleus

What is kary/o?

200

near the side of the body

What is lateral?

200

A developing cell that forms cartilage

What is chondroblast?

300

before; forward

What is -pro?

300

developing cell

What is -blast?

300
blood

What is hemat/o?

300

related to the cranium

What is cephalic?

300

pertaining to the area below the stomach

What is hypogastric?

400

not; without

What is -a?

400

development; formation

What is -plasia?

400

back of the body

What is dors/o?

400

away from point of orgin

What is distal?

400

process of bringing materials in/within a cell

What is endocytosis?

500

outward

What is -exo?
500

formation

What is -genesis?

500

belly side of body

What is ventr/o?

500

near the point of orgin

What is proximal?

500

The excessive and abnormal formation of tissue

What is hyperhistogenesis?

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