Prefixes
This prefix means “section,” and is found in terms related to lobes of the brain.
What is lobo-?
This suffix means “vomiting,” like in “hyperemesis.”
What is -emesis?
Refers to a “cell,” commonly used in cytology.
What is cyt-?
A mild, non-cancerous condition.
What is benign?
This term refers to a “white” color, especially in cells.
What is leuk-?
A prefix meaning “against,” seen in terms like contraceptive methods.
What is contra-?
A suffix that means “condition” or “presence of,” seen in parasitic or skin conditions.
What is -iasis?
Refers to a “tooth,” as used in dental anatomy.
What is odont-?
A condition involving hernia, tumor, or swelling.
What is -cele?
This term means “sensation or feeling.”
What is -esthesia?
A prefix meaning “through” or “beyond,” such as in the word “transport.”
What is trans-?
This suffix refers to “expansion,” often used in respiratory terms.
What is -ectasis?
Refers to the “lip.”
What is cheil-?
This term refers to vomiting, especially with blood.
What is -emesis?
This term is used when describing something “slow.”
What is brady-?
This prefix means “slow,” like in a slow heart rate.
What is brady-?
This suffix means “sensation” or “feeling.”
What is -esthesia?
The angle at the end of the eyelid.
What is cantho-?
This describes the expansion of a structure, like a bronchiole.
What is -ectasis?
Refers to the section of an organ, like the brain.
What is lobo-?
A prefix meaning “white,” often used in blood cell terminology.
What is leuk-?
A suffix meaning “hernia, tumor, or swelling.”
What is -cele?
Refers to “narrow or contracted,” often used in describing arteries.
What is sten-?
The term for the condition or formation of something.
What is -iasis?
This prefix means “angle at the end of the eyelid.”
What is cantho-?