Suffixes
Suffix for -phobia
What is abnormal fear or intolerance?
(Ex. Acrophobia, Photophobia)
Prefix for hyper-
What is excessive, above, beyond?
(Ex. Hyperactive, Hypertension)
Root word for nas/o
What is nose?
Root word for arteri/o
What is artery?
Root word cyan/o
What is blue?
Suffix for -oma
What is tumor?
(Ex. Carcinoma, Sarcoma)
Prefix for poly-
What is many, much excessive?
(Ex. Polycystic, Polydipsia)
Root word for ocul/o
What is eye?
Root word lymph/o
What is lymphatic vessels?
Root word melan/o
What is black?
Suffix for -cyte
What is cell?
(Ex. Leukocyte, Erythrocyte)
Prefix for contra-
What is opposed against?
(Ex. Contralateral, Contraception)
Root word for mamm/a-, mamm/o-
What is breast?
Root word pulm/o
What is lungs?
What is Orange yellow?
Suffix for -emesis
What is vomit?
(Ex. Hematemesis, Hyperemesis)
Prefix for mes-, mesd-
What is middle?
(Ex. Mesencephalon, Mesonasal)
Root word for thorac/o-
What is chest or thorax?
Root of bone or bones
What is oss/eo-, oss/i-, ost/e-, ost/eo-?
Root word erthyr/o
What is red?
Suffix for -pexy, -pexis
What is fixation, storing?
(Ex. Nephropexy, glycopexis)
Prefix for pseud-, pseudo-
What is false?
(Ex. Pseudarthrosis, Pseudocyesis)
Root word for gnath/o
What is jaw?
Root word for cleid/o
What is clavicle?
The root word albus
What is white?