Words
Suffixes
Words
Combining Forms
Blood
100

Surgical procedure to remove fluid from the sac around the embryo

Amniocentesis

100

falling, drooping, prolapse

-ptosis

100

continuing over a long period of time

chronic

100

death

necr/o

100

small artery

arteriole

200

Enlargement of extremities after puberty due to pituitary gland problem

Acromegaly

200

berry-shaped bacterium

-coccus

200

pain in the ear

otalgia

200

abdomen, abdominal wall

lapar/o

200

clotting cells

thrombocytes

300

Tumor of bone marrow (cancerous)

Multiple myeloma

300

instrument to record

-graph

300

x-ray record of the spinal cord

myelogram

300

flesh

sarc/o

300

a blood cell that produces antibodies

lymphocyte

400

inflammation of lymph tissue in the throat

Tonsillitis
400

Resembling

-oid

400

removal of the voice box

laryngectomy

400

liver

hepat/o

400

eosinophil

leukocyte

500

Hernia of the urinary bladder

Cystocele

500

softening

-malacia

500

surgical repair of a blood vessel

angioplasty

500

muscle

my/o

500

polymorphonuclear leukocyte

neutrophil

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