Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms

Question 1

-algia

Answer 1

pain (ex: neuralgia ; nerve pain)

Question 2

arthro-, arth-

Answer 2

joints (ex: arthritis)

Question 3

-blast

Answer 3

formative cell (ex: osteoblast - bone forming cell)

Question 4

brady-

Answer 4

slow (ex: bradycardia - slow heartbeat)

Question 5

calc-

Answer 5

stone, calcium, lime (ex: calcification)

Question 6

cerebro-, cerebr-

Answer 6

referring to the cerebrum, the brain area containing the higher brain centers (ex: cerebral palsy)

Question 7

cheilo-, cheil-

Answer 7

lip

Question 8

chromo-, chromat-

Answer 8

color, pigmentation (ex: chromogen - a substance which produces color)

Question 9

-cidal

Answer 9

killing (ex: bactericidal - killing bacteria)

Question 10

-clast

Answer 10

break up, divide into parts (ex: osteoclasts - cells which break up or cause resorption of bone)

Question 11

-clus-

Answer 11

shut (ex: occlusion)

Question 12

co-, com-, con-, cor-

Answer 12

with, together (ex: congenital with the genes)

Question 13

contra-

Answer 13

opposite (ex: contraangle)

Question 14

cuti-

Answer 14

skin (ex: cuticle)

Question 15

-cyto-, -cyte

Answer 15

cell (ex: leukocyte - white blood cell)

Question 16

denti-, dent-

Answer 16

tooth (ex: dentition)

Question 17

di-

Answer 17

twice, two (ex: diplopia - seeing double)

Question 18

disto-, dist-

Answer 18

posterior, distant from centre (ex: distobuccal)

Question 19

-drome

Answer 19

course or group (ex: syndrome - a group of symptoms and signs which, when appearing simultaneously, form a definite pattern of a specific condition, disease or abnormality)

Question 20

dur-

Answer 20

hard (ex: induration - thickening or hardening, such as might be felt about the edges of an inflamed wound)

Question 21

dys-

Answer 21

bad, ill, difficult (ex: muscular dystrophy)

Question 22

ecto-, ect-

Answer 22

without, outer side (ex: ectogenous - said of bacteria which are able to grow outside their natural hosts)

Question 23

-ectomy

Answer 23

surgical removal (ex: gingivectomy - surgical removal of diseased gingival tissue)

Question 24

-emia, (-aemia)

Answer 24

blood condition (ex: bacteremia - bacteria in the bloodstream)

Question 25

erythro-, eryth-

Answer 25

red (ex: erythrocyte - red blood cell)

Question 26

ex-

Answer 26

beyond, from, out of (ex: exudate - inflammatory fluid - pus, serum, etc) - which flows from the tissues in the vicinity of an infection

Question 27

extra-

Answer 27

outside of, beyond the scope of (ex: extracellular - outside of cell)

Question 28

faci-

Answer 28

face (ex: facial)

Question 29

fibro-, fibr-

Answer 29

fibers, fibrous tissue (ex: fibroblast - cells which form fibrous and scar tissue)

Question 30

fract-

Answer 30

break (ex: fracture)

Question 31

gastro-, gastr-

Answer 31

stomach (ex: gastritis - inflammation of the stomach)

Question 32

gero-

Answer 32

old age (ex: gerodontics - dentistry for the elderly)

Question 33

glosso-, gloss-

Answer 33

tongue (ex: glossitis - inflammation of the tongue)

Question 34

gnatho-, gnath-

Answer 34

jaw (ex: gnathological surgery - surgery on the jaws)

Question 35

-gnosis

Answer 35

knowledge (ex: the diagnosis - knowledge required to discover the nature of a patient's disease and the underlying cause)

Question 36

hemi-

Answer 36

half (ex: hemisection)

Question 37

hyper-

Answer 37

abnormal, excessive (ex: hyperplasia - an overgrowth of a tissue or organ)

Question 38

hypo-, hyp-

Answer 38

deficiency, lack, below (ex: hypoglycemia - low blood sugar)

Question 39

infra-

Answer 39

beneath, below, under (ex: infraorbital - below the orbit floor of the eye)

Question 40

inter-

Answer 40

between, among (ex: intercellular tissue - the tissue between cells)

Question 41

intra-

Answer 41

within, into (ex: intraoral - within the oral cavity; mouth)

Question 42

-ist

Answer 42

one who practices holds certain principles (ex: hygienist)

Question 43

-itis

Answer 43

inflammation (ex: gingivitis - inflammation of the gingival tissue

Question 44

labio-

Answer 44

lip (ex: labioversion - altered position of a tooth toward the lip)

Question 45

leuko-, leuk-

Answer 45

white (ex: leukoplakia - white patch)

Question 46

linguo-, lingu-

Answer 46

tongue (ex: lingual - the surface of a tooth which faces the tongue)

Question 47

-logy

Answer 47

doctrine, science (ex: periodontology - the clinical science that deals with the periodontium in health and disease)

Question 48

lympho-, lymph-

Answer 48

lymph (ex: lymphatics (the vessels or channels which carry lymph)

Question 49

macro-, macro-

Answer 49

enlargement, elongated part (ex: macroglossia)

Question 50

mal-

Answer 50

bad, ill (ex: malnutrition)

Question 51

mes-, medi-, mesio-

Answer 51

middle, intermediate (ex: mesial)

Question 52

muco-, muc-

Answer 52

relating to the mucous membrane

Question 53

myo-, my-

Answer 53

muscle (ex: myocardium)

Question 54

naso-

Answer 54

nose (ex: nasopalatine)

Question 55

necr-

Answer 55

death (ex: necrosis - death of tissue)

Question 56

neo-, ne-

Answer 56

new, recent

Question 57

neuro-, neuri-, neur-

Answer 57

pertaining to nerves (ex: neuralgia)

Question 58

nucleo-, nucl-

Answer 58

pertaining to the nucleus

Question 59

-odonto-, -odont-

Answer 59

tooth

Question 60

-oma

Answer 60

swelling, tumor

Question 61

oro-

Answer 61

mouth, oral

Question 62

ortho-, orth-

Answer 62

straight, normal

Question 63

-osis

Answer 63

condition, state

Question 64

osteo-, osta-

Answer 64

bone

Question 65

patho-, path-

Answer 65

disease

Question 66

pedia-, pedo-

Answer 66

child

Question 67

per-

Answer 67

throughout, completely

Question 68

phago-

Answer 68

to eat (ex: phagocytosis - cell eating)

Question 69

-phile, -phil

Answer 69

loving

Question 70

phlebo-, phleb-

Answer 70

vein

Question 71

-phobe, -phobia

Answer 71

fear, dread

Question 72

-plas-

Answer 72

mould, shape

Question 73

pneumo-

Answer 73

air, lung

Question 74

poly-

Answer 74

many, much, excessive

Question 75

pont-

Answer 75

bridge

Question 76

pro-

Answer 76

before, in front of

Question 77

pulmo-

Answer 77

lung

Question 78

pur-, pyo-

Answer 78

pus

Question 79

re-

Answer 79

back, again

Question 80

retro-

Answer 80

back, backward, behind

Question 81

-scopy

Answer 81

examination, insepction

Question 82

sial-, sialo-

Answer 82

saliva

Question 83

-some

Answer 83

body

Question 84

stomat-

Answer 84

mouth

Question 85

sub-

Answer 85

beneath, under, deficient

Question 86

super-

Answer 86

above, upon, excessive

Question 87

syn-

Answer 87

with, together

Question 88

tachy-

Answer 88

swift, rapid

Question 89

tact-

Answer 89

touch (ex: tactile - referring to the sense of touch)

Question 90

thrombo-, thromb-

Answer 90

clot, coagulation (ex: thrombosis)

Question 91

-ule

Answer 91

diminutive, small (ex: venule - small vein)

Question 92

vaso-

Answer 92

blood vessels (ex: vasodilation - dilation of the blood vessels)

Question 93

vita-

Answer 93

life (ex: vitamin)

Question 94

xero-

Answer 94

dry (ex: xerostomia - dry mouth)