Med Term Final Exam

What is a combining form?

a word root attached with a vowel

What is a combining vowel?

vowel that is attached to the end of a word root to help with pronunciation

What is a prefix?

a letter or group of letters that is added to the front of a word root to change the meaning of the word

What is a suffix?

a letter or group of letters that is added to the end of a word root to change the meaning of the word

What does the prefix “poly-” mean?

many or much

What does the prefix “a-” mean?

without or lacking or not

What does the prefix “an-” mean?

without or lacking or not

What does the prefix “anti-” mean?

opposite or against

What does the prefix “dys-” mean?

bad or difficult or painful or abnormal

What does the prefix “dis-” mean?

not or opposite of

What does the prefix “inter-” mean?

between or among

What does the prefix “circum-” mean?

around or surrounding or on all sides

What does the prefix “contra-” mean?

against or opposite or opposing

What does the prefix “retro-” mean?

backward or in the past time or behind

What does the prefix “ante-” mean?

before or prior to

What does the prefix “trans-” mean?

across or beyond or through

What does the prefix “exo-” mean?

outside or external

What does the prefix “macro-” mean?

large or great in scale

What does the combining form “bi/o” mean?

life or living organism

What does the combining form “py/o” mean?

pus

What does the combining form “dermat/o” mean?

skin

What does the combining form “ped/o” mean?

foot or child

What does the combining form “plant/o” mean?

sole of foot

What does the combining form “phleb/o” mean?

vein

What does the combining form “cardi/o” mean?

heart

What does the combining form “thromb/o” mean?

clot or blood clot

What does the combining form “eosin/o” mean?

red or rosy

What does the combining form “coagul/o” mean?

clotting or coagulation

What does the combining form “morph/o” mean?

form or shape or structure

What does the combining form “lymph/o” mean?

lymph

What does the combining form “pneum/o” mean?

lung or air

What does the combining form “spir/o” mean?

breath or breathing or respiration

What does the combining form “cholecyst/o” mean?

gallbladder

What does the combining form “lapar/o” mean?

abdominal wall or abdomen

What does the combining form “sialaden/o” mean?

salivary gland

What does the combining form “lith/o” mean?

stone

What does the combining form “olig/o” mean?

few or little

What does the combining form “salping/o” mean?

fallopian tube

What does the combining form “somat/o” mean?

body

What does the combining form “crin/o” mean?

to secrete

What does the combining form “myel/o” mean?

bone marrow or spinal cord

What does the combining form “acous/o” mean?

hearing or sound or relating to sense of hearing

What does the combining form “phob/o” mean?

an exaggerated or irrational fear

What does the suffix “-tropic” mean?

turning or changing or acting upon specified stimulus

What does the suffix “-partum” mean?

birth or childbirth

What does the suffix “-emesis” mean?

vomitting

What does the suffix “-pepsia” mean?

digestion

What does the suffix “-phonia” mean?

voice or sound