Types of Word Parts
The end of a word.
What is a Suffix?
Cutting into a part of the body.
What does "Otomy" mean?
What is "Phleb/o"?
Fast/Rapid
What is Tachy?
CDC
What is the Center for Disease Control?
The main part of the word.
What is a root word?
Pertaining to Inflammation.
What is "itis"?
Vessel
What is "Vas/o"?
Slow
Brady
HIPAA
What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?
The beginning of a word.
What is a prefix?
Tumor.
What is the meaning of "oma"?
Heart
What is "Card/i"?
high, beyond, excessive.
Slow heart beat.
What is Bradycardia?
A shortened form of a word or phrase.
What is a abbreviation?
Pertaining to/ condition of/ or state of.
What is "ia"?
Opposite, Oppose.
What is "Anti"?
low, under, beneath, down, or below normal.
What is hypo?
Inflammation in the vein caused by a blood clot.
What is Thrombophlebitis?
an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word.
What is an acronym?
Pertaining to breathing or respirations.
What does "pnea" mean?
Stomach
What is "Gastr/o"?
In between
What is Intero?
Excessive Sweating
What is Diaphoresis?