Medical Roots, Suffixes and Prefixes

Question 1

a-, an-

Answer 1

denotes an absence of, without

Question 2

ab-

Answer 2

away

Question 3

abdomin (o)-

Answer 3

of or relating to the abdomen

Question 4

-ac, -acal

Answer 4

pertaining to

Question 5

ascanth (o)-

Answer 5

thorn or spine

Question 6

acous (io)-

Answer 6

of or relating to hearing

Question 7

acr (o)-

Answer 7

extremity, topmost

Question 8

-acusis

Answer 8

hearing

Question 9

-ad

Answer 9

toward, in the direction of

Question 10

ad-

Answer 10

increase, adherence, motion toward, very

Question 11

aden (o)-, aden (i)-

Answer 11

of or relating to a gland

Question 12

adip (o)-

Answer 12

of or relating to fat or fatty tissue

Question 13

adren (o)-

Answer 13

of or relating to adrenal glands

Question 14

-aemia (BrE)

Answer 14

blood condition

Question 15

aer (o)-

Answer 15

air, gas

Question 16

aesthesio (BrE)

Answer 16

sensation

Question 17

-al

Answer 17

pertaining to

Question 18

alb-

Answer 18

denoting a white or pale color

Question 19

alge (si)-

Answer 19

pain

Question 20

-algia

Answer 20

pain

Question 21

alg (i)o-

Answer 21

pain

Question 22

allo-

Answer 22

denoting something as different, or as an addition

Question 23

ambi

Answer 23

denoting something as positioned on both sides; describing both of two

Question 24

amnio-

Answer 24

pertaining to the membranous fetal sac (amnion)

Question 25

amph-, amphi-

Answer 25

on both sides

Question 26

an-

Answer 26

not, without

Question 27

ana-

Answer 27

back, again, up

Question 28

an (o)-

Answer 28

anus

Question 29

andr (o)-

Answer 29

pertaining to a man

Question 30

angl (o)-

Answer 30

blood vessel

Question 31

aniso-

Answer 31

describing something as unequal

Question 32

ankyl (o)-, ancyl (o)-

Answer 32

denoting something as crooked or bent

Question 33

ante-

Answer 33

describing something as positioned in front of another thing

Question 34

anti-

Answer 34

describing something as ‘against’ or ‘opposed to’ another

Question 35

apo-

Answer 35

separated from, derived from

Question 36

arch (i,e,o)-

Answer 36

first, primitive

Question 37

arsen (o)-

Answer 37

of or pertaining to a male; masculine

Question 38

arteri (o)-

Answer 38

of or pertaining to an artery

Question 39

arthr (0)-

Answer 39

of or pertaining to the joints, limbs

Question 40

articul (o)-

Answer 40

joint

Question 41

-ary

Answer 41

pertaining to

Question 42

-ase

Answer 42

enzyme

Question 43

-asthenia

Answer 43

weakness

Question 44

atel (o)

Answer 44

imperfect or incomplete development

Question 45

ather (o)-

Answer 45

fatty deposit, soft gruel-like deposit

Question 46

-ation

Answer 46

process

Question 47

atri (o)-

Answer 47

an atrium (esp. heart atrium)

Question 48

aur (i)-

Answer 48

of or pertaining to the ear

Question 49

aut (o)-

Answer 49

self

Question 50

aux (o)-

Answer 50

increase, growth

Question 51

axill-

Answer 51

or or pertaining to the armpit

Question 52

azo (to)

Answer 52

nitrogenous compound

Question 53

balano-

Answer 53

of the glans penis or glans clitoridis

Question 54

bi-

Answer 54

twice, double

Question 55

bio-

Answer 55

life

Question 56

blast (o)-

Answer 56

germ or bud

Question 57

blephar (o)-

Answer 57

of or pertaining to the eyelid

Question 58

brachi (o)-

Answer 58

of or pertaining to the arm

Question 59

brachy-

Answer 59

indicating ‘short’ or less commonly ‘little’

Question 60

brady-

Answer 60

‘slow’

Question 61

bronch (i)-

Answer 61

bronchus

Question 62

bucc (o)-

Answer 62

of or pertaining to the cheek

Question 63

burs (o)-

Answer 63

bursa (fluid sac between the bones)

Question 64

capill-

Answer 64

of or pertaining to hair

Question 65

capit-

Answer 65

pertaining to the head (as a whole)

Question 66

carcin (o)-

Answer 66

cancer

Question 67

cardi (o)-

Answer 67

of or pertaining to the heart

Question 68

carp (o)-

Answer 68

of or pertaining to the wrist

Question 69

cata-

Answer 69

down, under

Question 70

-cele

Answer 70

pouching, hernia

Question 71

-centesis

Answer 71

surgical puncture for aspiration

Question 72

cephal (o)-

Answer 72

of or pertaining to the head (as a whole)

Question 73

cerat (o)-

Answer 73

of or pertaining to the cornu; a horn

Question 74

cerebell (o)-

Answer 74

of or pertaining to the cerebellum

Question 75

cerebr (o)-

Answer 75

of or pertaining to the brain

Question 76

cervic (o)-

Answer 76

of or pertaining to the neck, the cervix

Question 77

chem (o)-

Answer 77

chemistry, drug

Question 78

chir (o)-, cheir (o)-

Answer 78

of or pertaining to the hand

Question 79

chlor (o)-

Answer 79

denoting a green color

Question 80

chol (e)-

Answer 80

or or pertaining to bile

Question 81

cholecyst (o)-

Answer 81

of or pertaining to the gallbladder

Question 82

chondr (i)o-

Answer 82

cartilage, gristle, granule, ganular

Question 83

chrom (ato)-

Answer 83

color

Question 84

-cidal, -cide

Answer 84

killing, destroying

Question 85

cili-

Answer 85

of or pertaining to the cilia, the eyelashes, eyelids

Question 86

circum-

Answer 86

denoting something as ‘around’ another

Question 87

cis-

Answer 87

on this side

Question 88

clast

Answer 88

break

Question 89

co-

Answer 89

with, together, in association

Question 90

col-, colo-, colono-

Answer 90

colon

Question 91

colp (o)-

Answer 91

of or pertaining to the vagina

Question 92

com-

Answer 92

with, together

Question 93

contra

Answer 93

against

Question 94

cor-

Answer 94

with, together

Question 95

cor-, core-, coro-

Answer 95

of or pertaining to eye’s pupil

Question 96

cordi-

Answer 96

of or pertaining to the heart

Question 97

cornu-

Answer 97

applied to processes and parts of the body describing them likened or similar to horns

Question 98

coron (o)-

Answer 98

crown

Question 99

cost (0)-

Answer 99

of or pertaining to the ribs

Question 100

cox-

Answer 100

of or relating to the hip, haunch, or hip-joint

Question 101

crani (o)-

Answer 101

belonging or relating to the cranium

Question 102

-crine

Answer 102

to secrete

Question 103

cry (o)-

Answer 103

cold

Question 104

cutane-

Answer 104

skin

Question 105

cyan (o)-

Answer 105

denotes a blue color

Question 106

cycl-

Answer 106

circle, cycle

Question 107

cyph (o)-

Answer 107

denotes something as bent

Question 108

cyst (o)-, cyst (i)

Answer 108

of or pertaining to the urinary bladder

Question 109

cyt (o)-

Answer 109

cell

Question 110

-cyte

Answer 110

cell

Question 111

dacryo-

Answer 111

tear