Prefixes
Look-Alike/Sound-Alike Terms
Word Roots Indicating Color
Suffixes
Root Words
100
Two
What is bi-?
100
Fever or fire
What is pyr/o?
100
Blue
What is cyan?
100
Abnormal flow or discharge
What is -rrhea?
100
Heart
What is cardi?
200
Against
What is anti-?
200
Torn, ragged wound
What is laceration?
200
White
What is leuk?
200
Tissue death
What is -necrosis?
200
Eyelid
What is blephr?
300
Above
What is supra-?
300
To collapse or to be overcome with exhaustion
What is prostrate?
300
Black
What is melan?
300
A surgical puncture to remove fluid
What is -centesis?
300
Stomach
What is gastr?
400
Bad or difficult
What is dys?
400
Pounding or racing heart
What is palpitation?
400
Red
What is erythr?
400
Visual examination
What is -scopy?
400
Vessel
What is angi?
500
Normal
What is eu-?
500
Binding or tying off blood vessels or ducts
What is ligation?
500
Gray
What is poli?
500
To suture or stitch
What is -rraphy?
500
Nose
What is rhin?
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