level: Combining Forms
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alges/o | Sensitivity to pain |
| Arachn/o | Arachnoid membrane |
| Astr/o | Star |
| Ax/o | Axis; Main stem |
| Caus/o | Burning |
| Cephal/o | Head |
| Hemat/o | Blood |
| Hydr/o | Fluid; Water |
| Kines/o | Movement |
| Mening/o | Meninges |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Myel/o | Spinal cord; Bone marrow |
| Cerebell/o | Cerebellum |
| Cerebr/o | Cerebrum |
| Comat/o | Deep sleep; Coma |
| Concuss/o | Shaken together violently |
| Contus/o | Bruise |
| Crani/o | Skull; Cranium |
| Dendr/o | Dendrite |
| Dur/o | Dura mater |
| Electr/o | Electricity |
| Encephal/o | Brain |
| Esthesi/o | Nervous sensation |
| Gangli/o | Ganglion; Collection of nerve cell bodies |
| Gli/o | Neurological tissue; Glue |
| Gyr/o | Folding |
| Narc/o | Sleep; Stupor; Numbness |
| Neur/o | Nerve |
| Plex/o | Plexus; Network of nerves |
| Pont/o | Pons |
| Radicul/o | Nerve root |
| Spin/o | Spine |
| Sulc/o | Groove |
| Synaps/o | Synapse |
| Syncop/o | To cut off; Cut short; Fainting |
| Tax/o | Coordination; Order |
| Thalam/o | Thalamus |
| Thec/o | Sheath |
| Vag/o | Vagus nerve |
| Vertebr/o | Vertebrae |
| A- | No; Not; Without |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Cata- | Down |
| Epi- | Above; Upon; On |
| Eu- | Normal; True; Good |
| Hemi- | Half |
| Hyper- | Increased; Excessive; Above |
| Hypo- | Deficient; Below; Under; Less than normal |
| Inter- | Between |
| Intra- | Within; Into |
| Macro- | Large |
| Micro- | Small |
| Mono- | One |
| Oligo- | Scanty |
| Par- | Other than; Abnormal |
| Para- | Near; Beside; Abnormal; Apart from; Along the side of |
| Polio- | Gray matter |
| Poly- | Many; Much |
| Quadri- | Four |
| Sub- | Under; Below |
| Tetra- | Four |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -algia | Pain |
| -cele | Hernia |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -ectomy | Removal; Excision; Resection |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -ia | Condition |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -lepsy | Seizure |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -oma | Tumor; Mass; Collection of fluid |
| -ose | Pertaining to; Full of; Sugar |
| -paresis | Slight paralysis |
| -pathy | Disease condition |
| -plasia | Development; Formation; Growth |
| -plegia | Paralysis; Palsy |
| -rrhaphy | Suture |
| -sthenia | Strength |
| -tomy | Incision; Process of cutting into |
| -y | Condition; Process |
| -phoria | Feeling |