Types of Word Parts
the basic meaning of the term. Usually indicates the involved body part.
What is a Word Root?
surgical removal
what is -ectomy
means Blue
what is cyan/o
-rrhage
what is bleeding, or bursting forth?
higher than normal blood pressure
what is hypertension?
A word root with a combining vowel added at the end.
What is a Combining Form?
excessive or increased
what is hyper-
means red
what is erythr/o
-stenosis
what is abnormal narrowing?
the medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment.
what is triage?
Usually, but not always, indicates the procedure, condition, disorder or disease. Always comes at the end of the word, and will have a hyphen preceding it.
What is a suffix?
inflammation
what is -itis?
leuk/o
-sclerosis
what is abnormal hardening?
____ is subjective and can only be measured by the patient
what is a symptom?
Always comes at the beginning of the word.
what is a prefix?
bad, difficult, painful
what is dys-
means Black
what is melan/o
-ostomy
what is the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface?
______ is objective and can be measured by both the patient and others
what is a sign?
"-cyte" is an example of this word part
What is a suffix?
abnormal softening
what is -malacia
means Gray
Poli/o
-rrhexis
what is rupture?
____ is a disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first
what is an eponym?