Prefixes
Root Words
Sufixes
Complete Words
Extra Information
100
New
What is neo-
100
Root word for cell
What is cyt/o?
100
Means producing, originating, causing
What is -genic?
100
Means a new growth
What is neoplasm?
100
To the front
What is anterior
200
After, beyond, change
What is meta-?
200
Root word for fiber
What is fibr/o?
200
This suffix means resembling
What is -oid?
200
Means producing cells
What is cytogenic?
200
Pertaining to the head
What is cephalic?
300
Before
What is pro-?
300
Root word for organ
What is organ/o?
300
What suffix means growth, substance, or formation
What is -plasm?
300
Pertaining to the internal organs
What is visceral?
300
Away from the point of attachment
What is distal?
400
Painful, abnormal, difficult
What is dys-?
400
Root word that means smooth
What is lei/o?
400
This indicates a removal
What is -ectomy?
400
The study of medicine is this
What is iatrology?
400
Belly or front
What is ventral?
500
Means to be deficient or lacking
What is hypo-?
500
Root word that means cause of disease
What is eti/o?
500
A surgical repair ends in this suffix
What is -plasty?
500
Divides the body into anterior and posterior portions
What is the frontal plane?
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