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REVIEW SHEET
Write the meanings of each word part in the space provided, and test yourself. Check your answers with the
information in the chapter or in the Glossary (Medical Word Parts—English) at the end of the book.

Prefixes
PREFIX MEANING PREFIX MEANING

a-, an- ___________________ inter- ___________________

ab- ___________________ intra- ___________________
ad- ___________________ macro- ___________________
ana- ___________________ mal- ___________________
ante- ___________________ meta- ___________________
anti- ___________________ micro- ___________________
auto- ___________________ neo- ___________________
bi- ___________________ pan- ___________________
brady- ___________________ para- ___________________
cata- ___________________ per- ___________________
con- ___________________ peri- ___________________
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contra- ___________________ poly- ___________________
de- ___________________ post- ___________________
dia- ___________________ pre- ___________________
dys- ___________________ pro- ___________________
ec-, ecto- ___________________ pros- ___________________
en-, endo- ___________________ re- ___________________
epi- ___________________ retro- ___________________
eu- ___________________ sub- ___________________
ex- ___________________ supra- ___________________
hemi- ___________________ syn-, sym- ___________________
hyper- ___________________ tachy- ___________________
hypo- ___________________ trans- ___________________
in- ___________________ ultra- ___________________
infra- ___________________ uni- ___________________
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Combining Forms
COMBINING FORM MEANING COMBINING FORM MEANING

carp/o ___________________ nect/o ___________________

cib/o ___________________ norm/o ___________________
cost/o ___________________ ophthalm/o ___________________
cutane/o ___________________ ox/o ___________________
dactyl/o ___________________ pub/o ___________________
duct/o ___________________ ren/o ___________________
flex/o ___________________ seps/o ___________________
furc/o ___________________ somn/o ___________________
gloss/o ___________________ son/o ___________________
glyc/o ___________________ the/o ___________________
immun/o ___________________ thyr/o ___________________
later/o ___________________ top/o ___________________
morph/o ___________________ tox/o ___________________
mort/o ___________________ trache/o ___________________
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nat/i ___________________ urethr/o ___________________
necr/o ___________________ ven/o ___________________
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Suffixes
SUFFIX MEANING SUFFIX MEANING

-blast ___________________ -partum ___________________

-crine ___________________ -phoria ___________________
-drome ___________________ -physis ___________________
-fusion ___________________ -plasia ___________________
-gen ___________________ -plasm ___________________
-lapse ___________________ -pnea ___________________
-lysis ___________________ -ptosis ___________________
-meter ___________________ -rrhea ___________________
-mission ___________________ -stasis ___________________
-or ___________________ -trophy ___________________

Prefixes with Similar Meanings

PREFIX MEANING PREFIX MEANING

a-, an-, in- ___________________ ec-, ecto-, ex- ___________________

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ante-, pre-, pro- ___________________ endo-, in-, intra- ___________________
anti-, contra- ___________________ epi-, hyper-, supra- ___________________
con-, syn-, sym- ___________________ hypo-, infra-, sub- ___________________
de-, cata- ___________________ re-, retro-, post- ___________________
dia-, per-, trans- ___________________ ultra-, meta- ___________________
dys-, mal- ___________________

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