Word Parts
Combining Forms
Suffixes
Terms
Hodge Podge
100

in, within, inside

what is end-, endo-

100

gland

what is aden/o
100

abnormal condition

what is -osis

100

illness without a cause

what is idiopathic disorder

100

located above the stomach

what is the epigastric region

200

specialist

what is -ologist

200

fat

what is adip/o

200

abnormal softening

what is -malacia

200

inward curve of the spine

what is lumbar

200

located near the hip bones

what are the right/left iliac region

300

behind, toward the back

what is poster/o

300
disease, suffering, feeling emotion

path/o

300

development

what is -trophy

300

division between the abdominal and pelvic cavities

what is the abdominopelvic cavity

300

abnormal development or growth of cells, tissues or organs

what is dysplasia

400

development, growth, formation

what is plas/i, plas/o, -plasia

400

lower part of the body, tail

What is caud/o

400

secrete

what is -crine

400

situated farthest from the midline or beginning of a body structure

what is distal

400

study of tissue

what is histology

500

tissue

what is hist/o

500

constant

what is home/o

500

formation

what is -plasia

500
lowermost, below, or toward the feet

what is inferior

500

DNA

What is deoxyribonucleic acid