Medical Terminology: Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A vocabulary review of medical word parts, including prefixes, combining forms, and suffixes.

fract/o-

break

front/o-

front, forehead

fund/o-

bottom, base, fundus

fung/o-

fungus

-fusion-

to come together

galact/o-

milk

ganglion/o

ganglion, cluster of nerve cells

gangren/o-

tissue death, gangrene

gastr/o-

stomach

gemin/o-

twin, double, group

gen-

producing, formation

gen/o-

producing, formation

-genic

creation, formation

-genesis-

creation, formation

geri-

old age

geront/o-

old age

germin/o-

bud, sprout, embryonic tissue

gest/o, gestat/o-

pregnancy, gestation of birth

gigant/o-

giant, very large

gingiv/o-

gingival tissue, gums

glauc/o-

gray

glen/o-

socket of a joint

gli/o-

neurologic cells, supportive tissue of nervous system

-globin-

protein

globul/o-

shaped like a ball