Suffixes
-algia
What is Pain?
near; beside
What is juxta-?
Brachi/o
What is the upper arm?
Ankyl/o
What is stiff?
The study of the structure or parts of the body.
What is anatomy?
Nas/o>
What is the nose?
Describes a person’s cognitive , behavioral and emotional well-being.
What is Mental Health?
surgical creation of a new opening
What is a stomy?
infra-
What is below?
Femor/o
What is the upper leg bone?
Bucc/o>
What is the cheek?
Nearer to or at the front of the body.
What is anterior?
Phren/o>
What is the Diaphram?
Mental health disorders characterized by overwhelming feelings of worry or fear that interfere with one’s daily functions.
What s anxiety?
-rrhagia
What is excessive flow or discharge?
eu-
What is normal?
Mandibul/o
What is the lower jaw bone?
-cele
What is a hernia; tumor?
Large spaces within the body that contain Internal Organs
What are Cavities?
-capnia>
What is carbon dioxide?
Disorders that are characterized by abnormal eating patterns
What is eating disorders?
-gravida
What is pregnancy?
Bio-
What is Life?
Phalang/o
What are fingers and toes?
-desis
What is binding or surgical fusion?
The smallest, most structural basic unit of all living things.
What is a cell?
-ptysis>
What is spitting?
A mental health category that describes all forms of depression or bipolar disorders likely caused by chemical imbalance in the brain.
What is a mood disorder?
-rrhaphy
What is to suture?
pro-
What is across; in front?
Spondyl/o
What is vertebrae?
Without muscular coordination
What is Ataxia?
Bad formation; did not form correctly
What is Dysplasia?
the absence of breathing
What is Apnea?
Severe mental disorders that cause abnormal thinking and perceptions
What is psychotic disorders?