Chapter 10: Combining Forms, Prefixes, & Suffixes

abdomin/o

Combining Form Meaning: abdomen

amni/o

Combining Form Meaning: amnion

bi/o

Combining Form Meaning: life

carcin/o

Combining Form Meaning: cancer

cervic/o

Combining Form Meaning: neck, cervix

chori/o

Combining Form Meaning: chorion

colp/o

Combining Form Meaning: vagina

culd/o

Combining Form Meaning: cul-de-sac

cyst/o

Combining Form Meaning: urinary bladder, sac

dilat/o

Combining Form Meaning: to widen

embry/o

Combining Form Meaning: embryo

episi/o

Combining Form Meaning: vulva

esophag/o

Combining Form Meaning: esophagus

estr/o

Combining Form Meaning: female

fet/o

Combining Form Meaning: fetus

fibr/o

Combining Form Meaning: fibers

gynec/o

Combining Form Meaning: woman, female

hemat/o

Combining Form Meaning: blood

hymen/o

Combining Form Meaning: hymen

hyster/o

Combining Form Meaning: uterus

ket/o

Combining Form Meaning: ketones

lact/o

Combining Form Meaning: milk

lapar/o

Combining Form Meaning: abdomen

later/o

Combining Form Meaning: side

leuk/o

Combining Form Meaning: white

mamm/o

Combining Form Meaning: breast

mast/o

Combining Form Meaning: breast

men/o

Combining Form Meaning: menses, menstruation

metr/o

Combining Form Meaning: uterus

nat/o

Combining Form Meaning: birth

olig/o

Combining Form Meaning: scanty

o/o

Combining Form Meaning: egg

oophor/o

Combining Form Meaning: ovary

or/o

Combining Form Meaning: mouth

ov/o

Combining Form Meaning: ovum

ov/i

Combining Form Meaning: ovum

ovari/o

Combining Form Meaning: ovary

pareum/o

Combining Form Meaning: sexual intercourse

pelv/o

Combining Form Meaning: pelvis

perine/o

Combining Form Meaning: perineum

py/o

Combining Form Meaning: pus

radic/o

Combining Form Meaning: root

rect/o

Combining Form Meaning: rectum

salping/o

Combining Form Meaning: uterine (fallopian) tube

uter/o

Combining Form Meaning: uterus

semin/i

Combining Form Meaning: semen

son/o

Combining Form Meaning: sound

tox/o

Combining Form Meaning: poison

vagin/o

Combining Form Meaning: vagina

vesic/o

Combining Form Meaning: urinary bladder

vulv/o

Combining Form Meaning: vulva

andr/o

Combining Form Meaning: male

balan/o

Combining Form Meaning: glans penis

crypt/o

Combining Form Meaning: hidden

epididym/o

Combining Form Meaning: epididymis

orch/o

Combining Form Meaning: testes

orchi/o

Combining Form Meaning: testes

orchid/o

Combining Form Meaning: testes

pen/o

Combining Form Meaning: penis

prostat/o

Combining Form Meaning: prostate gland

spermat/o

Combining Form Meaning: sperm

testicul/o

Combining Form Meaning: testes

vas/o

Combining Form Meaning: vas deferens

vesicul/o

Combining Form Meaning: seminal vesicle

-arche

Suffix Meaning: beginning

-al

Suffix Meaning: pertaining to

-alagia

Suffix Meaning: pain

-an

Suffix Meaning: pertaining to

-ar

Suffix Meaning: pertaining to

-cele

Suffix Meaning: protrusion

-centesis

Suffix Meaning: puncture to withdraw fluid

-cyesis

Suffix Meaning: pregnancy

-eal

Suffix Meaning: pertaining to

-ectomy

Suffix Meaning: surgical removal

-emesis

Suffix Meaning: vomiting

-gram

Suffix Meaning: record

-graphy

Suffix Meaning: process of recording

-genesis

Suffix Meaning: produces

-gravida

Suffix Meaning: pregnant (person) woman

-ia

Suffix Meaning: condition

-iasis

Suffix Meaning: abnormal condition

-ic

Suffix Meaning: pertaining to

-ine

Suffix Meaning: pertaining to

-itis

Suffix Meaning: inflammation

-logy

Suffix Meaning: study of

-nic

Suffix Meaning: pertaining to

-oid

Suffix Meaning: resembling

-oma

Suffix Meaning: tumor

-opsy

Suffix Meaning: view of

-osis

Suffix Meaning: abnormal condition

-otomy

Suffix Meaning: cutting into

-ous

Suffix Meaning: pertaining to

-para

Suffix Meaning: to bear (offspring)

-partum

Suffix Meaning: childbirth

-pexy

Suffix Meaning: surgical fixation

-plasty

Suffix Meaning: surgical repair

-rrhagia

Suffix Meaning: abnormal flow condition

-rrhaphy

Suffix Meaning: suture

-rrhea

Suffix Meaning: discharge

-rrhexis

Suffix Meaning: rupture