Prefixes, Combining Forms, and Suffixes for Medical Terms F-H Flashcards
Prefix
faci-
Latin
face or form
Cobining Form/Root
faci/o
Latin
face or form
Suffix
-facient
Latin
producing
Cobining Form/Root
fasci/o
Latin
fibrous band
fascia
Cobining Form/Root
fascicul/o
Latin
little bundle
Cobining Form/Root
fatal/o
Latin
death or fate
Cobining Form/Root
fauc/i
Latin
narrow pass
Cobining Form/Root
febr/i
Latin
fever
Cobining Forms/Roots
fec/i or fec/o
Latin
sediment
Cobining Form/Root
femor/o
Latin
thigh bone
femur
Cobining Form/Root
fenestr/o
Latin
window
Cobining Form/Root
fer/o
Latin
to carry or bear
Suffixes
-ferent or -ferous
Latin
carrying
Cobining Form/Root
fertil/o
Latin
producing or fruitful
Cobining Forms/Roots
fet/i or fet/o
Latin
fetus
Cobining Form/Root
fibr/o
Latin
fiber
Cobining Form/Root
fibrill/o
Latin
muscular twitching
Cobining Form/Root
fibrin/o
Latin
threads of a clot
fibrin
Cobining Form/Root
fibros/o
Latin
fibrous connnective tissue
Cobining Form/Root
fibul/o
Latin
small bone of the distal hindlimb
fibula
Suffix
-fic
Latin
producing or forming
Cobining Form/Root
fic/o
Latin
producing or forming
Cobining Forms/Roots
filtr/o or filtrat/o
Latin
to strain through
Cobining Form/Root
fimbri/o
Latin
fringe
Cobining Forms/Roots
fiss/o or fissur/o
Latin
crack, split, or cleft
Cobining Form/Root
fistul/o
Latin
tube or pipe
Cobining Form/Root
flamme/o
Latin
flame-colored
Cobining Form/Root
flat/o
Latin
rectal gas
Cobining Form/Root
flex/o
Latin
bend
Cobining Form/Root
fluor/o
Latin
luminous
Cobining Form/Root
foc/o
Latin
point
Cobining Form/Root
foll/i
Latin
bag or sac
Cobining Form/Root
follicul/o
Latin
small sac
follicle
Cobining Form/Root
foramin/o
Latin
opening
Prefix
fore-
Latin
befoer or in front of
Suffix
-form
Latin
form, figure, or shape
Cobining Form/Root
form/o
Latin
form, figure, or shape
Cobining Form/Root
fornic/o
Latin
arch or vault
Cobining Form/Root
foss/o
Latin
shallow depression
Cobining Form/Root
fove/o
Latin
pit
Cobining Form/Root
fract/o
Latin
break
Cobining Form/Root
fren/o
Latin
brindle or device that limits movement
Cobining Form/Root
fridgid/o
Latin
cold
Cobining Form/Root
front/o
Latin
forehead or front
Suffix
-fuge
Latin
to drive away
Cobining Forms/Roots
funct/o or function/o
Latin
to perform
Cobining Form/Root
fund/o
Latin
bottom, base, or ground
Cobining Form/Root
fung/i
Latin
fungus
Cobining Form/Root
furc/o
Latin
breanching or forking
Cobining Form/Root
furuncl/o
Latin
boil or infection
Suffix
-fusion
Latin
to pour
Cobining Form/Root
galact/o
Greek
milk
Cobining Form/Root
gamet/o
Greek
sperm or egg
Cobining Forms/Roots
gangli/o or ganglion/o
Greek
ganglion
Cobining Form/Root
gangren/o
Latin + Greek
gangrene
Cobining Form/Root
gastr/o
Greek
stomach
Cobining Form/Root
gastrocnemi/o
Greek
calf muscle of the hindlimb
Cobining Form/Root
gemin/o
Latin
twin or double
Cobining Forms/Roots
gen/o or genit/o
Greek
producing or birth
Suffix
-gene
Greek
production, origin, or formation
Suffixes
-genesis or -genic
Greek
producing
Cobining Form/Root
genit/o
Latin
related to birth or the reproductive organs
Unclear but in Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
genous
Greek
producing
Cobining Form/Root
genous
Greek
producing
Cobining Forms/Roots
ger/i or genront/o
Greek
old age
Cobining Form/Root
germin/o
Latin
bud or germ
Cobining Forms/Roots
gest/o or gestat/o
Latin
to bear or carry offspring
Cobining Form/Root
gigant/o
Greek
giant or very large
Cobining Form/Root
gingiv/o
Latin
gum
Cobining Form/Root
glauc/o
Greek
gray
Cobining Form/Root
geln/o
Greek
socket or pit
Cobining Form/Root
gli/o
Greek
glue
Cobining Form/Root
globin/o
Latin
protein
Cobining Form/Root
globul/o
Latin
little ball
Suffix
-globulin
Latin
protein
Cobining Form/Root
glomerul/o
Latin
grapelike cluster or clusters of capillaries in the nephron
glomerulus
Cobining Form/Root
gloss/o
Greek
tounge
Prefix
glosso-
Greek
tounge
Cobining Forms/Roots
glott/i or glott/o
Greek
back of tounge
Cobining Forms/Roots
gluc/o or glyc/o
Greek
sugar
Cobining Form/Root
glute/o
Greek
buttocks
Cobining Form/Root
glyc/o
Greek
sweet
Cobining Form/Root
glycer/o
Latin
sweet
Cobining Form/Root
glycogen/o
Greek
animal starch
glycogen
Cobining Form/Root
gnath/o
Greek
jaw
Cobining Form/Root
goitr/o
Latin
enlargement of the thyroid gland
Cobining Forms/Roots
gon/e, gon/o, or goni/o
Greek
seed or angle
Cobining Form/Root
gonad/o
Latin + Greek
sex glands
Cobining Form/Root
gracil/o
Latin
slender
Cobining Form/Root
grad/i
Latin
to move, go, or step
Suffix
-grade
Latin
to go
Suffix
-gram
Greek
record or picture
Cobining Form/Root
granul/o
Latin
granule(s)
Suffix
-graph
Greek
instrument for recording
occastionally used to describe the record or picture
Suffix
-graphy
Greek
process of recording
Cobining Form/Root
grav/o
Latin
heavy or severe
Cobining Form/Root
gravid/o
Latin
pregnancy
Cobining Form/Root
guttur/o
Latin
throat
Cobining Form/Root
gynec/o
Latin
woman
Cobining Form/Root
gyr/o
Greek
turning or folding
Cobining Form/Root
hal/o
Latin + Greek
breath
Cobining Form/Root
halit/o
Latin
breath
Cobining Form/Root
hallucin/o
Latin
to wander in the mind
Prefixes and Unclear but in Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
hect-, hector-, or hecato
Greek
hundred
Prefix
hem-
Greek
boold
Cobining Form/Root
hem/e
Greek
deep red iron-containing pigment
Cobining Forms/Roots
hem/o or hemat/o
Greek
blood
Cobining Form/Root
hemangi/o
Greek
blood vessel
Prefix
hemi-
Greek
half
Prefixes
hepa- or hepar-
Greek
liver
Cobining Form/Root
hepat/o
Greek
liver
Prefixes
hept- or hepta-
Greek
seven
Cobining Forms/Roots
hered/o or heredit/o
Latin
inherited
Cobining Form/Root
herni/o
Latin
protrusion of a part through tissues normally containing it
Cobining Form/Root
herpet/o
Latin + Greek
creeping
Cobining Form/Root
heter/o
Greek
different
Prefix
hetero-
Greek
different
Prefixes
hex- or hexa-
Greek
six
Cobining Form/Root
hiat/o
Latin
opening
Cobining Form/Root
hidr/o
Greek
sweat
Cobining Form/Root
hil/o
Latin
notch or opening from a body part
hilus
Cobining Form/Root
hirsut/o
Latin
hairy or rough
Cobining Forms/Roots
hist/o or histi/o
Greek
tissue
Prefix
holo-
Greek
all
Cobining Form/Root
hom/o
Greek
same
Cobining Form/Root
home/o
Greek
unchanging
Cobining Form/Root
hormon/o
Greek
to urge or excite
Cobining Form/Root
humer/o
Latin
long bone of the proximal forelimb
humerus
Cobining Form/Root
hyal/o
Greek
glassy, clear
Cobining Form/Root
hydr/o
Greek
water
Prefix
hydra-
Greek
water
Cobining Form/Root
hygien/o
Greek
healthful
Cobining Form/Root
hymen/o
Greek
membrane
hymen
Prefix
hyper-
Greek
over, above, increased, excessive, or beyond
Cobining Form/Root
hypn/o
Greek
sleep
Prefix
hypo-
Greek
under, decreased, deficient, or below
Cobining Form/Root
hyster/o
Greek
uterus
