Combining forms
Prefixes
Suffixes
Miscellaneous
Systems
100
Albin/o
What is white
100
Allo-
What is other, different from the usual?
100
Meaning of -algia
What is pain
100
Describes the positions and relationships of structures in the human body.
What is the anatomical position?
100
Includes the skin, hair,nails, sweat glands,sebaceous glands
What is the integumentary System?
200
Life
What is bi/o?
200
a-
What is without, away from
200
Suffix for dilation
What is -ectasis
200
Meaning of dsystrophy
What is abnormal development
200
Includes the bones, joints and muscles.
What is the musculoskeletal system?
300
Cell
What is cytology
300
an-
What is without
300
Suffix for inflammation
What is -itis.
300
A suffix that converts a word root to adjective
What is -ac,-al,-ile, -eal, ic for example
300
The structures of cardiovascular system.
What are the heart, arteries and veins?
400
Middle
What is medi/o
400
retro-
What is backward, behind
400
Meaning of -pathy
What is disease
400
suffix for surgical removal
What is -ectomy
400
Filters waste products out of the blood and removes them from the body.
What is Urinary system?
500
Bone
What is oste/o
500
Meaning of tachy-
What is rapid,fast
500
-rrhea
What is discharge or flow
500
Meaning of the suffix -plasty
What is surgical repair
500
Regulates metabolic activites of the body
What is endocrine system
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