Medical Combining Forms
The term for 'not cancerous'.
What is benign?
The prefix for 'away from'.
What is ab-?
Pain
What is the meaning of the suffix -algia?
Aorta
What is the meaning of the combining form aort/o?
Another name for your voice box.
What is the larynx?
The term for 'inflamed or infected tissue beneath the skin'.
What is cellulitis?
The prefix for 'before'.
What is -ante?
The suffix for 'skin'.
What is -derma?
The combining form for 'cancerous' or 'cancer'.
What is carcin/o?
The flow of blood around the heart and body.
What is circulation?
The prefix for 'short'.
What is brachy-?
The suffix for 'excess' or 'beyond'.
What is -ultra?
The combining form for 'nail' (as in fingers and toes).
What is onych/o?
The substance that gives hair and skin its pigment.
What is melanin?
The prefix for 'inward'.
What is -eso?
The suffix for 'flow' or 'discharge'.
What is -rrhea?
The combining form for white.
What is alb/o?
The shoulder blade in a human.
What is a scapula?
The prefix for 'high'.
What is hypsi-?
The suffix for 'abnormal condition'.
What is -iasis?
The combining form for 'dry'.
What is kraur/o?
The number of bones in a newborn baby.
What is 270?