PREFIXES
What prefix means before?
What is PRE-
What combining form means fat?
What is ADIP/O
What term means inflammation of the tonsils?
What is tonsillitis
What suffix means inflammation?
What is -ITIS
What suffix means abnormal softening?
What is -MALACIA
What prefix means after?
What is POST-
What combining form means nerve?
What is NEUR/O
What term means pain in the stomach?
What is GASTRALGIA
What suffix means surgical removal?
What is -ECTOMY
What prefix means over, above, or increased?
What is HYPER-
What prefix means below, under, or decreased?
What is HYPO-
What combining form means stomach?
What is GASTR/O
What term means pertaining to a virus?
What is VIRAL
What suffix means surgical repair?
What is -PLASTY
What medical term means pertaining to birth?
What is NATAL
What prefix means within?
What is ENDO-
What combining form means muscle?
What is MY/O
What term means the surgical removal of the appendix?
What is APPENDECTOMY
What suffix means flow or discharge?
What is -RRHEA
What combining form means nose?
What is RHIN/O
What prefix means surrounding?
What is PERI-
What combining form means cell?
What is CYT/O
What term means to suture a muscle?
What is MYORRHAPHY
What suffix means rupture?
What is -RRHEXIS
What is used when the suffix begins with a consonant?
What is a COMBINING VOWEL