Prefixes
This prefix means excessive or increased.
What is hyper-?
This combining form means blue.
What is cyan/o?
This suffix means the study of.
What is -ology?
The term otorhinolaryngology means this.
What is the study of the ears, nose, and throat?
This suffix means inflammation.
What is -itis?
This prefix means before.
What is pre-?
The combining form for stone is this.
What is lith/o?
The suffix -stasis means this.
What is control?
The term endarterial means this.
What is pertaining to the interior or lining of an artery?
The suffix -rrhaphy means this.
What is a surgical suturing?
This prefix means the opposite of the prefix dextr/o.
What is sinistr/o?
This combining form means plaque or a fatty substance.
What is ather/o?
This is the suffix for development.
What is -trophy?
The term prenatal means this.
What is before birth/the time and events of birth?
An identification of a disease is called this.
What is a diagnosis?
The opposite of the prefix micro- is this.
What is macro-?
The combining form myel/o means these two things.
What are spinal cord and bone marrow?
Name an example of a suffix that means "pertaining to".
any of the following: -ac, -eal, -ior, -al, -ical, -ory, -an, -ial, -ous, -ar, -ic, -tic, -ary, -ine
The term atheroma means this.
What is a fatty deposit in the wall of an artery?
This suffix means the surgical puncture to remove fluid.
What is -centesis?
These two prefixes both mean large or great.
What are mega- and megal/o?
The combining form for head is this.
What is cephal/o?
This suffix means mean development, growth, formation.
What is -plasia?
The term lithotomy means this.
What is a surgical incision to remove a stone?
This term means an organ or body part that isn't working properly.
What is dysfunctional?