Prefix
What prefix means "against"?
Anti
What root refers to "heart"?
Cardi
What suffix means "surgical removal"?
-ectomy
What is the term for the surgical removal of the appendix?
Appendectomy
What is the term for high blood pressure?
Hypertension
What prefix means "below" or "beneath"?
Sub
What root refers to "blood"?
Hemat/o
What suffix indicates "inflammation"?
-itis
Scurlockectomy
What is the term for inflammation of the liver?
Hepatitis
What prefix means "fast" or "rapid"?
Tachy
What root means "lung"?
Pulmon/o
What suffix means "condition"?
-osis
What is the term for a procedure that involves the removal of a tumor?
Tumorectomy
What illness is characterized by uncontrolled cell growth?
Cancer
What prefix means "excess" or "above normal"?
Hyper
What root means "stomach"?
Gastr/o
What suffix means blood, in blood, or a condition of the blood
-emia
What is the term for a procedure removing a clot?
Embolectomy or Thrombectomy
What is the medical term for a heart attack?
Myocardial infarction
What prefix means "inside" or "within"?
Endo
What root refers to "soft, fleshy, or connective tissue"?
Sarc/o
What suffix means "pain"?
-algia
What is the term for the removal/modification of the uterus/cervix?
Hysterectomy
What is the term for chronic liver failure?
Cirrhosis