Obstetrics - Prefixes, Suffixes and Combining Forms Answered
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1. ante (prefix) before
2. dys (prefix) painful, labored, diflcult
3. endo (prefix) within
4. in, intra (prefix) within, inside
5. micro (prefix) small
6. multi (prefix) many
7. neo (prefix) new
8. nulli (prefix) none
9. post (prefix) after
10. pre (prefix) before
11. prim/i (prefix) first
12. retro (prefix) backward, behind
13. -a (suffix) no meaning, noun ending
14. -al (suffix) pertaining to
15. -amnios (suffix) amnion, amniotic fluid
16. -arche/o (suffix) beginning, first
17. -cyesis (suffix) pregnancy
18. -e (suffix) noun ending, no meaning
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, Obstetrics - Prefixes, Suffixes and Combining Forms Answered
Correctly!!
19. -gen (suffix) substance that produced, agent
that produced
20. -genic (suffix) producing, originating, causing
21. -graphy (suffix) process of recording
22. -gravida (suffix) pregnancy
23. -ic (suffix) pertaining to
24. -is (suffix) noun suflx, no meaning
25. -itis (suffix) inflammation
26. -logist (suffix) specialist who studies and treats,
physi- cian who studies and
treats
27. -logy (suffix) study of
28. -oid (suffix) resembling
29. -oma (suffix) tumor
30. endo- (prexix) within, inner, containing
31. -rrhea (suffix) discharge, flow
32. -rrhexis (suffix) rupture
33. -salpinx (suffix) tube or uterine tube
34. -stenosis (suffix) constriction, narrowing
35. -tocia (suffix) birth, labor
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Correctly!!
1. ante (prefix) before
2. dys (prefix) painful, labored, diflcult
3. endo (prefix) within
4. in, intra (prefix) within, inside
5. micro (prefix) small
6. multi (prefix) many
7. neo (prefix) new
8. nulli (prefix) none
9. post (prefix) after
10. pre (prefix) before
11. prim/i (prefix) first
12. retro (prefix) backward, behind
13. -a (suffix) no meaning, noun ending
14. -al (suffix) pertaining to
15. -amnios (suffix) amnion, amniotic fluid
16. -arche/o (suffix) beginning, first
17. -cyesis (suffix) pregnancy
18. -e (suffix) noun ending, no meaning
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, Obstetrics - Prefixes, Suffixes and Combining Forms Answered
Correctly!!
19. -gen (suffix) substance that produced, agent
that produced
20. -genic (suffix) producing, originating, causing
21. -graphy (suffix) process of recording
22. -gravida (suffix) pregnancy
23. -ic (suffix) pertaining to
24. -is (suffix) noun suflx, no meaning
25. -itis (suffix) inflammation
26. -logist (suffix) specialist who studies and treats,
physi- cian who studies and
treats
27. -logy (suffix) study of
28. -oid (suffix) resembling
29. -oma (suffix) tumor
30. endo- (prexix) within, inner, containing
31. -rrhea (suffix) discharge, flow
32. -rrhexis (suffix) rupture
33. -salpinx (suffix) tube or uterine tube
34. -stenosis (suffix) constriction, narrowing
35. -tocia (suffix) birth, labor
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