Combining Forms
Suffixes
Prefixes
Anatomy
Meaning
100
This is one combining form for brain
What is cerebr/o or encephal/o?
100
This is the suffix for “protrusion” or “herniation”
What is -cele?
100
This is the prefix for “above” or “excessive”
What is hyper-?
100
This gland is located just below the brain
What is pituitary gland?
100
This means “thirst”
What is dipsia?
200
This is the combining form for “front”
What is anter/o?
200
This is the suffix for “softening"
What is -malacia?
200
This is the prefix for “under” or “below”
What is hypo-?
200
These are almond-shaped organs in females necessary for hormone production
What are the ovaries?
200
This means “the study of poisons”
What is toxicology?
300
This is one combining form for testes
What is orchid/o?
300
This is the suffix for “enlargement”
What is -megaly?
300
This is the prefix for “good, normal"
What is eu-?
300
This is the front lobe of the pituitary gland
What is the anterior lobe?
300
This means “cancerous tumor"
What is carcinoma?
400
This is the combining form for spinal cord
What is myel/o?
400
This is the suffix for “excision” or “removal”
What is -ectomy?
400
This is the prefix for “small”
What is mirco-?
400
The membrane that covers the brain
What are meninges?
400
The medical term for behind and above a structure is
What is posterosuperior?
500
This is the combining form for “extremities”
What is acr/o?
500
This is the suffix for “production” or “formation”
What is -genesis?
500
This is the prefix for “large”
What is macro-?
500
This is the gland located on the front and sides of the trachea, just above the voice box
What is the thyroid?
500
This means “destruction of blood clot”
What is thrombolysis?
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