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Prefixes, Combining Forms, and Suffixes for Medical Terms F-H Flashcards

1
Q

Prefix

faci-

Latin

A

face or form

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Cobining Form/Root

faci/o

Latin

A

face or form

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3
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Suffix

-facient

Latin

A

producing

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4
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Cobining Form/Root

fasci/o

Latin

A

fibrous band

fascia

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Cobining Form/Root

fascicul/o

Latin

A

little bundle

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Cobining Form/Root

fatal/o

Latin

A

death or fate

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Cobining Form/Root

fauc/i

Latin

A

narrow pass

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Cobining Form/Root

febr/i

Latin

A

fever

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Cobining Forms/Roots

fec/i or fec/o

Latin

A

sediment

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10
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Cobining Form/Root

femor/o

Latin

A

thigh bone

femur

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Cobining Form/Root

fenestr/o

Latin

A

window

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Cobining Form/Root

fer/o

Latin

A

to carry or bear

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13
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Suffixes

-ferent or -ferous

Latin

A

carrying

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Cobining Form/Root

fertil/o

Latin

A

producing or fruitful

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Cobining Forms/Roots

fet/i or fet/o

Latin

A

fetus

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Cobining Form/Root

fibr/o

Latin

A

fiber

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Cobining Form/Root

fibrill/o

Latin

A

muscular twitching

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Cobining Form/Root

fibrin/o

Latin

A

threads of a clot

fibrin

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Cobining Form/Root

fibros/o

Latin

A

fibrous connnective tissue

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Cobining Form/Root

fibul/o

Latin

A

small bone of the distal hindlimb

fibula

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21
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Suffix

-fic

Latin

A

producing or forming

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Cobining Form/Root

fic/o

Latin

A

producing or forming

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Cobining Forms/Roots

filtr/o or filtrat/o

Latin

A

to strain through

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Cobining Form/Root

fimbri/o

Latin

A

fringe

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Cobining Forms/Roots

fiss/o or fissur/o

Latin

A

crack, split, or cleft

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Cobining Form/Root

fistul/o

Latin

A

tube or pipe

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Cobining Form/Root

flamme/o

Latin

A

flame-colored

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Cobining Form/Root

flat/o

Latin

A

rectal gas

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29
Q

Cobining Form/Root

flex/o

Latin

A

bend

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30
Q

Cobining Form/Root

fluor/o

Latin

A

luminous

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31
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Cobining Form/Root

foc/o

Latin

A

point

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32
Q

Cobining Form/Root

foll/i

Latin

A

bag or sac

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33
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Cobining Form/Root

follicul/o

Latin

A

small sac

follicle

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34
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Cobining Form/Root

foramin/o

Latin

A

opening

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35
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Prefix

fore-

Latin

A

befoer or in front of

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36
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Suffix

-form

Latin

A

form, figure, or shape

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37
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Cobining Form/Root

form/o

Latin

A

form, figure, or shape

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38
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Cobining Form/Root

fornic/o

Latin

A

arch or vault

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39
Q

Cobining Form/Root

foss/o

Latin

A

shallow depression

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40
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Cobining Form/Root

fove/o

Latin

A

pit

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41
Q

Cobining Form/Root

fract/o

Latin

A

break

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42
Q

Cobining Form/Root

fren/o

Latin

A

brindle or device that limits movement

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43
Q

Cobining Form/Root

fridgid/o

Latin

A

cold

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44
Q

Cobining Form/Root

front/o

Latin

A

forehead or front

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45
Q

Suffix

-fuge

Latin

A

to drive away

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46
Q

Cobining Forms/Roots

funct/o or function/o

Latin

A

to perform

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Q

Cobining Form/Root

fund/o

Latin

A

bottom, base, or ground

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Q

Cobining Form/Root

fung/i

Latin

A

fungus

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49
Q

Cobining Form/Root

furc/o

Latin

A

breanching or forking

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Cobining Form/Root

furuncl/o

Latin

A

boil or infection

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51
Q

Suffix

-fusion

Latin

A

to pour

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52
Q

Cobining Form/Root

galact/o

Greek

A

milk

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53
Q

Cobining Form/Root

gamet/o

Greek

A

sperm or egg

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54
Q

Cobining Forms/Roots

gangli/o or ganglion/o

Greek

A

ganglion

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55
Q

Cobining Form/Root

gangren/o

Latin + Greek

A

gangrene

56
Q

Cobining Form/Root

gastr/o

Greek

A

stomach

57
Q

Cobining Form/Root

gastrocnemi/o

Greek

A

calf muscle of the hindlimb

58
Q

Cobining Form/Root

gemin/o

Latin

A

twin or double

59
Q

Cobining Forms/Roots

gen/o or genit/o

Greek

A

producing or birth

60
Q

Suffix

-gene

Greek

A

production, origin, or formation

61
Q

Suffixes

-genesis or -genic

Greek

A

producing

62
Q

Cobining Form/Root

genit/o

Latin

A

related to birth or the reproductive organs

63
Q

Unclear but in Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots

genous

Greek

A

producing

64
Q

Cobining Form/Root

genous

Greek

A

producing

65
Q

Cobining Forms/Roots

ger/i or genront/o

Greek

A

old age

66
Q

Cobining Form/Root

germin/o

Latin

A

bud or germ

67
Q

Cobining Forms/Roots

gest/o or gestat/o

Latin

A

to bear or carry offspring

68
Q

Cobining Form/Root

gigant/o

Greek

A

giant or very large

69
Q

Cobining Form/Root

gingiv/o

Latin

A

gum

70
Q

Cobining Form/Root

glauc/o

Greek

A

gray

71
Q

Cobining Form/Root

geln/o

Greek

A

socket or pit

72
Q

Cobining Form/Root

gli/o

Greek

A

glue

73
Q

Cobining Form/Root

globin/o

Latin

A

protein

74
Q

Cobining Form/Root

globul/o

Latin

A

little ball

75
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Suffix

-globulin

Latin

A

protein

76
Q

Cobining Form/Root

glomerul/o

Latin

A

grapelike cluster or clusters of capillaries in the nephron

glomerulus

77
Q

Cobining Form/Root

gloss/o

Greek

A

tounge

78
Q

Prefix

glosso-

Greek

A

tounge

79
Q

Cobining Forms/Roots

glott/i or glott/o

Greek

A

back of tounge

80
Q

Cobining Forms/Roots

gluc/o or glyc/o

Greek

A

sugar

81
Q

Cobining Form/Root

glute/o

Greek

A

buttocks

82
Q

Cobining Form/Root

glyc/o

Greek

A

sweet

83
Q

Cobining Form/Root

glycer/o

Latin

A

sweet

84
Q

Cobining Form/Root

glycogen/o

Greek

A

animal starch

glycogen

85
Q

Cobining Form/Root

gnath/o

Greek

A

jaw

86
Q

Cobining Form/Root

goitr/o

Latin

A

enlargement of the thyroid gland

87
Q

Cobining Forms/Roots

gon/e, gon/o, or goni/o

Greek

A

seed or angle

88
Q

Cobining Form/Root

gonad/o

Latin + Greek

A

sex glands

89
Q

Cobining Form/Root

gracil/o

Latin

A

slender

90
Q

Cobining Form/Root

grad/i

Latin

A

to move, go, or step

91
Q

Suffix

-grade

Latin

A

to go

92
Q

Suffix

-gram

Greek

A

record or picture

93
Q

Cobining Form/Root

granul/o

Latin

A

granule(s)

94
Q

Suffix

-graph

Greek

A

instrument for recording

occastionally used to describe the record or picture

95
Q

Suffix

-graphy

Greek

A

process of recording

96
Q

Cobining Form/Root

grav/o

Latin

A

heavy or severe

97
Q

Cobining Form/Root

gravid/o

Latin

A

pregnancy

98
Q

Cobining Form/Root

guttur/o

Latin

A

throat

99
Q

Cobining Form/Root

gynec/o

Latin

A

woman

100
Q

Cobining Form/Root

gyr/o

Greek

A

turning or folding

101
Q

Cobining Form/Root

hal/o

Latin + Greek

A

breath

102
Q

Cobining Form/Root

halit/o

Latin

A

breath

103
Q

Cobining Form/Root

hallucin/o

Latin

A

to wander in the mind

104
Q

Prefixes and Unclear but in Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots

hect-, hector-, or hecato

Greek

A

hundred

105
Q

Prefix

hem-

Greek

A

boold

106
Q

Cobining Form/Root

hem/e

Greek

A

deep red iron-containing pigment

107
Q

Cobining Forms/Roots

hem/o or hemat/o

Greek

A

blood

108
Q

Cobining Form/Root

hemangi/o

Greek

A

blood vessel

109
Q

Prefix

hemi-

Greek

A

half

110
Q

Prefixes

hepa- or hepar-

Greek

A

liver

111
Q

Cobining Form/Root

hepat/o

Greek

A

liver

112
Q

Prefixes

hept- or hepta-

Greek

A

seven

113
Q

Cobining Forms/Roots

hered/o or heredit/o

Latin

A

inherited

114
Q

Cobining Form/Root

herni/o

Latin

A

protrusion of a part through tissues normally containing it

115
Q

Cobining Form/Root

herpet/o

Latin + Greek

A

creeping

116
Q

Cobining Form/Root

heter/o

Greek

A

different

117
Q

Prefix

hetero-

Greek

A

different

118
Q

Prefixes

hex- or hexa-

Greek

A

six

119
Q

Cobining Form/Root

hiat/o

Latin

A

opening

120
Q

Cobining Form/Root

hidr/o

Greek

A

sweat

121
Q

Cobining Form/Root

hil/o

Latin

A

notch or opening from a body part

hilus

122
Q

Cobining Form/Root

hirsut/o

Latin

A

hairy or rough

123
Q

Cobining Forms/Roots

hist/o or histi/o

Greek

A

tissue

124
Q

Prefix

holo-

Greek

A

all

125
Q

Cobining Form/Root

hom/o

Greek

A

same

126
Q

Cobining Form/Root

home/o

Greek

A

unchanging

127
Q

Cobining Form/Root

hormon/o

Greek

A

to urge or excite

128
Q

Cobining Form/Root

humer/o

Latin

A

long bone of the proximal forelimb

humerus

129
Q

Cobining Form/Root

hyal/o

Greek

A

glassy, clear

130
Q

Cobining Form/Root

hydr/o

Greek

A

water

131
Q

Prefix

hydra-

Greek

A

water

132
Q

Cobining Form/Root

hygien/o

Greek

A

healthful

133
Q

Cobining Form/Root

hymen/o

Greek

A

membrane

hymen

134
Q

Prefix

hyper-

Greek

A

over, above, increased, excessive, or beyond

135
Q

Cobining Form/Root

hypn/o

Greek

A

sleep

136
Q

Prefix

hypo-

Greek

A

under, decreased, deficient, or below

137
Q

Cobining Form/Root

hyster/o

Greek

A

uterus

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