Combining Forms
Orth/o
What is straight?
-itis
What is inflammation?
Hypo-
What is below, deficient?
Lobectomy
What is removal of a lobe of the lung?
A cockroach has this many heart chambers?
What is 12?
PT
What is physical therapy?
This movie stars Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson about a college acapella group.
What is Pitch Perfect?
Cardi/o
What is heart?
-algia
What is pain?
Hyper-
What is above, excessive?
Apnea
What is breathing without?
This animal never sleeps
What is a bullfrog?
UTI
What is urinary tract infection?
This popular grade school cheer ends with "eat 'em up, eat 'em up."
What is Alligator, Alligator?
Nas/o
What is nose?
-malacia
What is softening?
Pre-
What is before?
What is flow of milk?
These two words were combined to make the word "SPAM".
What is spiced and ham?
RA
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
If you are someone who always brings down the mood, you may be called this.
What is a Debbie Downer?
Aut/o
What is self?
-phoria
What is feeling?
Endo-
What is within?
Spermolytic
What is breakdown of sperm?
This is the longest running Broadway show of all time.
What is PHANTOM OF THE OPERA?
OT
What is occupational therapy?
This is someone who takes part in a resistance movement against a social establishment.
What is a Freedom Fighter?
Somat/o
What is body?
-cyesis
What is pregnancy?
A-, An-
What is without?
Oligospermia
What is pertaining to scanty sperm?
This superhero is referenced in every episode of Seinfeld.
Who is Superman?
CRF
What is chronic renal failure?
This movie from 1993 stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a young boy with a great deal of responsibility.
Who is Gilbert Grape?
Phren/o
What is diaphragm?
-arche
What is first?
Para-
What is abnormal or near?
Osteomyelitis
What is inflammation of bone and bone marrow?
This is the highest possible score in darts, using three darts.
What is 180?
LMP
What is last menstrual period?
This exercise is called a side straddle in the US military.
What is a jumping jack?
Phor/o
What is to bear?
-listhesis
What is slipping?
Echo-
What are repeated sounds?
Amyotrophic
What is pertaining to without muscle development?
This is the hometown of Caitlin Clark.
What is Des Moines, Iowa?
TMJ
What is temporomandibular joint?
This grade school playground game has been discouraged by many schools because of student injuries.
What is Red Rover?