Prefixes
Suffixes
Roots
Whole Word 1
Whole Word 2
100

Hydro-

What is water?

100

-ology

What is the study of?

100

thermo

What is heat?

100

Neurology

What is the study of the nervous system?

100

Oncologist

What is someone who studies cancer?

200

Brady-

What is slow?

200

-itis

What is inflammation?

200

glyc

What is sugar?

200

Hemorrhage

What is heavy bleeding?

200

Gastritis

What is inflammation of the stomach?

300

Erythro-

What is red?
300

-tension

What is pressure?

300

derm

What is skin?

300

Erythrocyte

What is a red blood cell?

300

Hypodermic

What is under the skin?

400

Epi-

What is the outside/edge?

400

-ectomy

What is surgical removal?

400

scler

What hardening?
400

Tachycardia

What is fast heartbeat?

400

Vasodilation

What is expanding of the arteries/veins?

500

Vaso-

What is blood vessel?

500

-lysis

What is to cut/split?

500

carcin

cancer

500

Dermonecrosis

What is death of the skin?

500

Glycopenia

What is lack of sugar?

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