Combining Form
The combining form "cardi/o" relates this organ
What is the heart?
The prefix means hypo- means
What is under or below normal?
The suffix -itis refers to this condition
What is inflammation?
This word means inflammation of the tonsils
What is tonsillitis?
Spell the medical term for inflammation of the skin
What is dermatitis?
This combining form, "cutane/o" relates to this part of the body
What is the skin?
The prefix "tachy-" indicates this speed
What is fast or rapid?
The suffix -ectomy means this type of procedure
What is the surgical removal?
This word means an abnormally slow heart rate
What is a bradycardia?
Spell the term that means surgical removal of the appendix
What is appendectomy?
This combining form is associated with the stomach
What is gastr/o?
This prefix "poly-" refers to this quantity
What is many or much?
This suffix means pain
What is a -algia?
This term refers to pain in a joint
What is arthralgia?
Spell the term for an abnormally fast heart rate
What is tachycardia?
This combining form used to describe the kidney
What is nephr/o?
The prefix brady- describes this speed
What is slow?
This suffix means abnormal enlargement
What is -megaly?
The medical term for the surgical removal of the gallbladder
What is cholecystectomy?
Spell the term that refers to the study of blood
What is hematology?
The combining form referring to the brain
What is encephal/o?
This prefix means painful, abnormal, or difficult
What is dys-?
Words ending in -stomy refer to this kind of medical procedure
What is a surgical opening?
This word describes the condition of having too many white blood cells
What is leukocytosis?
Spell the term for a disease of the nerves
What is neuropathy?