For each combining form below, write its meaning and then locate a term from the chapter that uses the combining form or suffix.

Question

Combining Forms Meaning Chapter Term Meaning

1. agglutin/o
2. bas/o
3. chrom/o
4. coagul/o
5. eosin/o
6. fibrin/o
7. fus/o
8. granul/o
9. hem/o
10. hemat/o
11. morph/o
12. neutr/o
13. phag/o
14. sanguin/o
15. septic/o
16. adenoid/o
17. axill/o
18. immun/o
19. inguin/o
20. lymph/o
21. lymphaden/o
22. lymphangi/o
23. nucle/o
24. splen/o
25. thym/o
26. tonsill/o

Suffixes

27. –apheresis
28. –crit
29. –cytic
30. –cytosis
31. –emia
32. –globin
33. –penia
34. -phil
35. –philia
36. –philic
37. –plastic
38. –plastin
39. –poiesis
40. –rrhagic
41. –stasis
42. –edema
43. –globulin
44. –phage
45. –toxic

Answer 1

1. clumping
2. base
3. color
4. clotting
5. rosy red
6. fibers, fibrous
7. pouring
8. granules
9. blood
10. blood
11. shape
12. neutral
13. eat, swallow
14. blood
15. infection
16. adenoids
17. axilla, underarm
18. protection
19. groin region
20. lymph
21. lymph node
22. lymph vessel
23. nucleus
24. spleen
25. thymus gland
26. tonsils

Suffixes

Answer Key
27. removal, carry away
28. separation of
29. pertaining to cells
30. more than the normal number of cells
31. blood condition
32. protein
33. abnormal decrease, too few
34. attracted to
35. condition of being attracted to
36. pertaining to being attracted to
37. pertaining to formation
38. formation
39. formation
40. pertaining to abnormal flow
41. standing still
42. swelling
43. protein
44. to eat
45. pertaining to poison