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

Question 1

Prefix

faci-

Latin

Answer 1

face or form

Question 2

Cobining Form/Root

faci/o

Latin

Answer 2

face or form

Question 3

Suffix

-facient

Latin

Answer 3

producing

Question 4

Cobining Form/Root

fasci/o

Latin

Answer 4

fibrous band

fascia

Question 5

Cobining Form/Root

fascicul/o

Latin

Answer 5

little bundle

Question 6

Cobining Form/Root

fatal/o

Latin

Answer 6

death or fate

Question 7

Cobining Form/Root

fauc/i

Latin

Answer 7

narrow pass

Question 8

Cobining Form/Root

febr/i

Latin

Answer 8

fever

Question 9

Cobining Forms/Roots

fec/i or fec/o

Latin

Answer 9

sediment

Question 10

Cobining Form/Root

femor/o

Latin

Answer 10

thigh bone

femur

Question 11

Cobining Form/Root

fenestr/o

Latin

Answer 11

window

Question 12

Cobining Form/Root

fer/o

Latin

Answer 12

to carry or bear

Question 13

Suffixes

-ferent or -ferous

Latin

Answer 13

carrying

Question 14

Cobining Form/Root

fertil/o

Latin

Answer 14

producing or fruitful

Question 15

Cobining Forms/Roots

fet/i or fet/o

Latin

Answer 15

fetus

Question 16

Cobining Form/Root

fibr/o

Latin

Answer 16

fiber

Question 17

Cobining Form/Root

fibrill/o

Latin

Answer 17

muscular twitching

Question 18

Cobining Form/Root

fibrin/o

Latin

Answer 18

threads of a clot

fibrin

Question 19

Cobining Form/Root

fibros/o

Latin

Answer 19

fibrous connnective tissue

Question 20

Cobining Form/Root

fibul/o

Latin

Answer 20

small bone of the distal hindlimb

fibula

Question 21

Suffix

-fic

Latin

Answer 21

producing or forming

Question 22

Cobining Form/Root

fic/o

Latin

Answer 22

producing or forming

Question 23

Cobining Forms/Roots

filtr/o or filtrat/o

Latin

Answer 23

to strain through

Question 24

Cobining Form/Root

fimbri/o

Latin

Answer 24

fringe

Question 25

# Cobining Forms/Roots fiss/o or fissur/o | Latin

Answer 25

crack, split, or cleft

Question 26

# Cobining Form/Root fistul/o | Latin

Answer 26

tube or pipe

Question 27

# Cobining Form/Root flamme/o | Latin

Answer 27

flame-colored

Question 28

# Cobining Form/Root flat/o | Latin

Answer 28

rectal gas

Question 29

# Cobining Form/Root flex/o | Latin

Answer 29

bend

Question 30

# Cobining Form/Root fluor/o | Latin

Answer 30

luminous

Question 31

# Cobining Form/Root foc/o | Latin

Answer 31

point

Question 32

# Cobining Form/Root foll/i | Latin

Answer 32

bag or sac

Question 33

# Cobining Form/Root follicul/o | Latin

Answer 33

small sac | follicle

Question 34

# Cobining Form/Root foramin/o | Latin

Answer 34

opening

Question 35

# Prefix fore- | Latin

Answer 35

befoer or in front of

Question 36

# Suffix -form | Latin

Answer 36

form, figure, or shape

Question 37

# Cobining Form/Root form/o | Latin

Answer 37

form, figure, or shape

Question 38

# Cobining Form/Root fornic/o | Latin

Answer 38

arch or vault

Question 39

# Cobining Form/Root foss/o | Latin

Answer 39

shallow depression

Question 40

# Cobining Form/Root fove/o | Latin

Answer 40

pit

Question 41

# Cobining Form/Root fract/o | Latin

Answer 41

break

Question 42

# Cobining Form/Root fren/o | Latin

Answer 42

brindle or device that limits movement

Question 43

# Cobining Form/Root fridgid/o | Latin

Answer 43

cold

Question 44

# Cobining Form/Root front/o | Latin

Answer 44

forehead or front

Question 45

# Suffix -fuge | Latin

Answer 45

to drive away

Question 46

# Cobining Forms/Roots funct/o or function/o | Latin

Answer 46

to perform

Question 47

# Cobining Form/Root fund/o | Latin

Answer 47

bottom, base, or ground

Question 48

# Cobining Form/Root fung/i | Latin

Answer 48

fungus

Question 49

# Cobining Form/Root furc/o | Latin

Answer 49

breanching or forking

Question 50

# Cobining Form/Root furuncl/o | Latin

Answer 50

boil or infection

Question 51

# Suffix -fusion | Latin

Answer 51

to pour

Question 52

# Cobining Form/Root galact/o | Greek

Answer 52

milk

Question 53

# Cobining Form/Root gamet/o | Greek

Answer 53

sperm or egg

Question 54

# Cobining Forms/Roots gangli/o or ganglion/o | Greek

Answer 54

ganglion

Question 55

# Cobining Form/Root gangren/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 55

gangrene

Question 56

# Cobining Form/Root gastr/o | Greek

Answer 56

stomach

Question 57

# Cobining Form/Root gastrocnemi/o | Greek

Answer 57

calf muscle of the hindlimb

Question 58

# Cobining Form/Root gemin/o | Latin

Answer 58

twin or double

Question 59

# Cobining Forms/Roots gen/o or genit/o | Greek

Answer 59

producing or birth

Question 60

# Suffix -gene | Greek

Answer 60

production, origin, or formation

Question 61

# Suffixes -genesis or -genic | Greek

Answer 61

producing

Question 62

# Cobining Form/Root genit/o | Latin

Answer 62

related to birth or the reproductive organs

Question 63

# Unclear but in Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots genous | Greek

Answer 63

producing

Question 64

# Cobining Form/Root genous | Greek

Answer 64

producing

Question 65

# Cobining Forms/Roots ger/i or genront/o | Greek

Answer 65

old age

Question 66

# Cobining Form/Root germin/o | Latin

Answer 66

bud or germ

Question 67

# Cobining Forms/Roots gest/o or gestat/o | Latin

Answer 67

to bear or carry offspring

Question 68

# Cobining Form/Root gigant/o | Greek

Answer 68

giant or very large

Question 69

# Cobining Form/Root gingiv/o | Latin

Answer 69

gum

Question 70

# Cobining Form/Root glauc/o | Greek

Answer 70

gray

Question 71

# Cobining Form/Root geln/o | Greek

Answer 71

socket or pit

Question 72

# Cobining Form/Root gli/o | Greek

Answer 72

glue

Question 73

# Cobining Form/Root globin/o | Latin

Answer 73

protein

Question 74

# Cobining Form/Root globul/o | Latin

Answer 74

little ball

Question 75

# Suffix -globulin | Latin

Answer 75

protein

Question 76

# Cobining Form/Root glomerul/o | Latin

Answer 76

grapelike cluster or clusters of capillaries in the nephron | glomerulus

Question 77

# Cobining Form/Root gloss/o | Greek

Answer 77

tounge

Question 78

# Prefix glosso- | Greek

Answer 78

tounge

Question 79

# Cobining Forms/Roots glott/i or glott/o | Greek

Answer 79

back of tounge

Question 80

# Cobining Forms/Roots gluc/o or glyc/o | Greek

Answer 80

sugar

Question 81

# Cobining Form/Root glute/o | Greek

Answer 81

buttocks

Question 82

# Cobining Form/Root glyc/o | Greek

Answer 82

sweet

Question 83

# Cobining Form/Root glycer/o | Latin

Answer 83

sweet

Question 84

# Cobining Form/Root glycogen/o | Greek

Answer 84

animal starch | glycogen

Question 85

# Cobining Form/Root gnath/o | Greek

Answer 85

jaw

Question 86

# Cobining Form/Root goitr/o | Latin

Answer 86

enlargement of the thyroid gland

Question 87

# Cobining Forms/Roots gon/e, gon/o, or goni/o | Greek

Answer 87

seed or angle

Question 88

# Cobining Form/Root gonad/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 88

sex glands

Question 89

# Cobining Form/Root gracil/o | Latin

Answer 89

slender

Question 90

# Cobining Form/Root grad/i | Latin

Answer 90

to move, go, or step

Question 91

# Suffix -grade | Latin

Answer 91

to go

Question 92

# Suffix -gram | Greek

Answer 92

record or picture

Question 93

# Cobining Form/Root granul/o | Latin

Answer 93

granule(s)

Question 94

# Suffix -graph | Greek

Answer 94

instrument for recording | occastionally used to describe the record or picture

Question 95

# Suffix -graphy | Greek

Answer 95

process of recording

Question 96

# Cobining Form/Root grav/o | Latin

Answer 96

heavy or severe

Question 97

# Cobining Form/Root gravid/o | Latin

Answer 97

pregnancy

Question 98

# Cobining Form/Root guttur/o | Latin

Answer 98

throat

Question 99

# Cobining Form/Root gynec/o | Latin

Answer 99

woman

Question 100

# Cobining Form/Root gyr/o | Greek

Answer 100

turning or folding

Question 101

# Cobining Form/Root hal/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 101

breath

Question 102

# Cobining Form/Root halit/o | Latin

Answer 102

breath

Question 103

# Cobining Form/Root hallucin/o | Latin

Answer 103

to wander in the mind

Question 104

# Prefixes and Unclear but in Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots hect-, hector-, or hecato | Greek

Answer 104

hundred

Question 105

# Prefix hem- | Greek

Answer 105

boold

Question 106

# Cobining Form/Root hem/e | Greek

Answer 106

deep red iron-containing pigment

Question 107

# Cobining Forms/Roots hem/o or hemat/o | Greek

Answer 107

blood

Question 108

# Cobining Form/Root hemangi/o | Greek

Answer 108

blood vessel

Question 109

# Prefix hemi- | Greek

Answer 109

half

Question 110

# Prefixes hepa- or hepar- | Greek

Answer 110

liver

Question 111

# Cobining Form/Root hepat/o | Greek

Answer 111

liver

Question 112

# Prefixes hept- or hepta- | Greek

Answer 112

seven

Question 113

# Cobining Forms/Roots hered/o or heredit/o | Latin

Answer 113

inherited

Question 114

# Cobining Form/Root herni/o | Latin

Answer 114

protrusion of a part through tissues normally containing it

Question 115

# Cobining Form/Root herpet/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 115

creeping

Question 116

# Cobining Form/Root heter/o | Greek

Answer 116

different

Question 117

# Prefix hetero- | Greek

Answer 117

different

Question 118

# Prefixes hex- or hexa- | Greek

Answer 118

six

Question 119

# Cobining Form/Root hiat/o | Latin

Answer 119

opening

Question 120

# Cobining Form/Root hidr/o | Greek

Answer 120

sweat

Question 121

# Cobining Form/Root hil/o | Latin

Answer 121

notch or opening from a body part | hilus

Question 122

# Cobining Form/Root hirsut/o | Latin

Answer 122

hairy or rough

Question 123

# Cobining Forms/Roots hist/o or histi/o | Greek

Answer 123

tissue

Question 124

# Prefix holo- | Greek

Answer 124

all

Question 125

# Cobining Form/Root hom/o | Greek

Answer 125

same

Question 126

# Cobining Form/Root home/o | Greek

Answer 126

unchanging

Question 127

# Cobining Form/Root hormon/o | Greek

Answer 127

to urge or excite

Question 128

# Cobining Form/Root humer/o | Latin

Answer 128

long bone of the proximal forelimb | humerus

Question 129

# Cobining Form/Root hyal/o | Greek

Answer 129

glassy, clear

Question 130

# Cobining Form/Root hydr/o | Greek

Answer 130

water

Question 131

# Prefix hydra- | Greek

Answer 131

water

Question 132

# Cobining Form/Root hygien/o | Greek

Answer 132

healthful

Question 133

# Cobining Form/Root hymen/o | Greek

Answer 133

membrane | hymen

Question 134

# Prefix hyper- | Greek

Answer 134

over, above, increased, excessive, or beyond

Question 135

# Cobining Form/Root hypn/o | Greek

Answer 135

sleep

Question 136

# Prefix hypo- | Greek

Answer 136

under, decreased, deficient, or below

Question 137

# Cobining Form/Root hyster/o | Greek

Answer 137

uterus