Suffixes #1
Root Words #1
Suffixes #2
Root Words #2
Full words!
100
Suffix that means 'surgical repair'
What is -plasty?
100
Root word meaning 'stone'
What is lith/o?
100
Suffix that means 'abnormal condition'
What is -iasis?
100
The root word that means 'gums'
What is gingiv/o?
100
Pertaining to the face
What is facial?
200
Suffix that means 'stopping/controlling'
What is -stasis?
200
Root word meaning 'tooth'
What is dent/i?
200
Suffix that means 'crushing'
What is -tripsy?
200
The root word that means 'stomach'
What is gastr/o?
200
Excision of a kidney
What is nephrectomy?
300
Suffix that means 'eating, swallowing'
What is -phagia?
300
The meaning for 'celi/o'
What is belly or abdomen?
300
Suffix that means 'spitting'
What is -ptysis?
300
The two root words that mean 'gall, bile'
What are chol/e and bil/i?
300
Crushing of stones
What is lithotripsy?
400
Suffix that means 'opening'
What is -tresia?
400
The two root words meaning tongue
What are 'gloss/o' and 'lingu/o'?
400
Suffix that means 'narrowing, tightening'
What is -stenosis?
400
Two root words that mean 'kidney'
What are nephr/o and ren/o?
400
A new opening to the kidney (from outside the body)
What is nephrostomy?
500
Suffix that means 'dilation/widening'
What is -ectasis, or -ectasia?
500
Two root words meaning 'lip'
What are cheil/o and labi/o?
500
Suffix that means 'digestion'
What is -pepsia?
500
Two root words that mean 'urinary bladder'
What are cyst/o and vesic/o?
500
Visual examination of the urinary bladder (via a scope)
What is cystoscopy?
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