Chapter 3 The Digestive System 97 Assessment Matching Prefi xes, Combining Forms, and Suffi xes Directions: In each exercise below, match the word element in Column A with its meaning in Column B. Some meanings may be used more than once. Prefi xes Column A Column B ______ 1. peri- A. toward ______ 2. a- B. slow ______ 3. pan- C. against ______ 4. brady- D. painful diff icult ______ 5. dys- E. through ______ 6. ad- F. many ______ 7. hyper- G. not without ______ 8. dia- H. all everything ______ 9. poly- I. around ______ 10. anti- J. backward behind ______ 11. retro- K. upon above ______ 12. epi- L. above above normal Combining Forms Column A Column B ______ 1. sigmoid/o A. tongue ______ 2. carcin/o B. sigmoid colon ______ 3. hepat/o C. abdomen ______ 4. chol/e D. saliva ______ 5. gloss/o E. blood ______ 6. dist/o F. esophagus ______ 7. diverticul/o G. jejunum ______ 8. proxim/o H. mouth ______ 9. pancreat/o I. cancerous cancer ______ 10. duoden/o J. hernia rupture protrusion ______ 11. hemat/o K. stomach