Prefix 1
Prefix 2
Suffix 1
Suffix 2
Meanings
100

This prefix means absent, not, deficient, or without.

What is a-?

100

This prefix means around.

What is peri-, circum-?

100
This suffix means a painful condition.
What is -algia?
100
This suffix means the science of.
What is -logy?
100

This word means below or beneath.

What is inferior?

200

This prefix means cartilage.

What is chondro-?

200
This prefix means lung?
What is pulmo(n)-, pneumo(n)-?
200
This suffix means the excision of an organ or excision of a part.
What is -ectomy, -sect?
200
This suffix means a state or condition.
What is -ia or -sis?
200
This word means middle or mid line.
What is medial?
300

This prefix means stomach.

What is gastro-?

300
This prefix means swift, rapid, or fast.
What is tachy-?
300
This suffix means to contract.
What is -stalsis?
300
This suffix means excessive flow.
What is -rrhage
300
This word means the wall of a structure.
What is parietal?
400

This prefix means half.

What is hemi-?

400
This prefix means a union or a joint.
What is zygo-, arthro-?
400
This suffix means to cut.
What is -sect, -ectomy?
400
This suffix means resembling.
What is -oid?
400
This word means nearest the point of attachment.
What is proximal?
500

This prefix means tongue.

What is lingu-, gloss-?

500
This prefix means narrow or compressed?
What is steno-?
500
This suffix means to flow or discharge.
What is -rrhea?
500
This suffix means a tumor, hernia, or swelling.
What is -cele, -oma?
500
This word means the front.
What is ventral?