Suffixes
Root or Combining Word
Root or Combining Word
Root or Combining Word
Root or Combining Word
100

-scope

What is the suffix that means examination instrument?

100

abdomi (o)

What is the abdomen?

100

cardi (o)

What is the heart?

100

crani (o)

What is the skull?

100

encephal (o)

What is the brain?

200
-scopy

What is the suffix that means examination with a scope-type instrument?

200

aden (o) 

What is the gland?

200

cephal (o)

What is the head?

200

cyst (o)

What is the bladder or cyst?

200

enter (o)

What is small intestines?

300

-plegia

What is the suffix that means paralysis?

300

angi (o)

What is are vessels?

300

cerebr (o)

What is the brain?

300

cyt (o)

What is the cell?

300

erythr (o)

What is the red blood cells?

400

arteri (o)

What is arteries?

400

chol (e)

What is bile?

400

dent (i) (o)

What is tooth?

400
fibr (o)

What is fiber?

500

bronch (i) (o)

What is the bronchus?

500

col (o)

What is the colon or large intestines?

500

dermat (o)

What is the skin?

500

gastro

What is the stomach?