Combining Forms - Body Structure
Color Combining Forms
Prefixes
Suffixes
Grab bag
100
Eti/o
What is the combining form for "cause (of disease)"?
100
Xanth/0
What is yellow?
100
Dia-
What is the prefix for "through, complete"?
100
-genic
What is the suffix for "producing, originating, causing"?
100
cyt/o
What is the combining form for "cell"?
200
rod-shaped, striated
What is the definition of "rhabd/o"?
200
color
What does the combining form "chrom/o" mean?
200
Painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
What is the definition of "dys"?
200
Study of
What does "-logy" mean?
200
-oma
What is the suffix for "tumor, swelling"?
300
Lei/o
What is the combining form for "smooth"?
300
Green
What is "chlor/o"?
300
Before
What does the prefix "pro"' mean?
300
Tumor, swelling
What is the definition of "-oma"?
300
The term for "tumor composed of fat"
What is lipoma?
400
Path/o
What is the combining form for "disease"?
400
Erythr/o
What is the combining form for red?
400
Meta-
What is the prefix for "after, beyond, change"?
400
-al, -ic, -ous
What three suffixes mean "pertaining to"?
400
Hepatomegaly
What is the term for "enlarged liver"?
500
Body
What is the definition of "somat/o"?
500
Cyan/o
What is the combining form for blue?
500
Neo-
What is the combining form for "new"?
500
-stasis
What is the suffix for "control, stop, standing"?
500
The term for "black tumor"
What is melanoma?
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