Prefixes
What prefix means before?
What combining form means fat?
what is adip/o
What suffix means inflammation?
What is -itis.
What term means inflammation of the tonsils?
What is tonsillitis
What suffix means abnormal softening?
what is -malacia
what prefix means after?
What is post-
What combining form means nerve?
what is neur/o.
What suffix means surgical removal?
What is -ectomy.
What term means pain in the stomach?
What is gastralgia
what prefix means over, above, or increased?
what is -hyper
What prefix means below, under, or decreased?
What is hypo-
What combining form means stomach?
what is gastr/o
What suffix means surgical repair?
What is -plasty
What term means pertaining to a virus?
What is viral
What root word mean pertaining to birth?
what is natal
What prefix means within?
what is endo-
What combining form means muscle?
what is my/o
What suffix means flow or discharge?
What is -rrhea
What term means the surgical removal of the appendix?
What is appendectomy
what combining form means nose?
what is rhin/o
What prefix means surrounding?
what is peri-
What combining form means cell?
what is cyt/o
What suffix means rupture?
What is -rrhexis
What term means to suture a muscle?
What is myorrhaphy.
what is used when the suffix begins with a consonant?
what is a combining vowel