connects roots to suffixes and roots to other roots
What is the combining vowel?
Bi/o
What is life?
arthralgia
What is condition of pain in the joint?
a-
What is no, not?
subhepatic
What is pertaining to below the liver?
the word ending
What is the suffix?
cyt/o
What is cell?
cephalgia
What is condition of pain in the head?
dys-
What is bad, painful, difficult or abnormal?
biopsy
What is to view life?
small part added to the beginning of a term
What is the prefix?
electr/o
What is electricity?
gastralgia
What is condition of pain in the stomach?
hyper-
What is excessive, more than normal or too much?
laparoscopy
What is the process of visualization of the abdomen?
gives the essential meaning of the term
What is root?
hepat/o
What is liver?
nephralgia
What is condition of pain in the kidney?
peri-
What is surrounding?
psychosis
What is abnormal condition of the mind?
combination of the root and combining vowel
What is the combining form?
encephal/o
What is brain?
ophthalmalgia
What is condition of pain in the eye?
trans-
What is across, through?
gastroenterology
What is the study of the stomach and small intestines?