Medical Terminology: Combining Forms, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A collection of flashcards focused on medical combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes as presented in the lecture materials.

alveol/o

alveolus; air sac

arthr/o

joint

aur/o

ear

bi/o

life

cardi/o

heart

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

col/o, colon/o

large intestine; colon

cost/o

rib

cutane/o

skin

enter/o

intestines (usually the small intestine)

gastr/o

stomach

glyc/o

sugar; glucose

hem/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

lip/o

fat

log/o

study

my/o

muscle

nas/o

nose

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

or/o

mouth

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

pulmon/o

lung

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh; connective tissue

thorac/o

chest

uter/o

uterus

a-, an-

not; without

ante-

before

anti-

against

bi-

two; both

brady-

slow

endo-

in; within

epi-

on; over; upon

hyper-

above; above normal; excessive

hypo-

below; below normal; deficient

inter-

between

intra-

within; into

peri-

around; surrounding

sub-

below; under

supra-

above

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

ultra-

beyond; excess

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -iac, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ior

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision