Prefixes, suffixes, Roots
Bone, skin, and pee- oh my!
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Spelling Counts
Find and define the prefixes, suffixes, and roots
100
megaly
What is to increase in size?
100
Epidermis
What is top layer of skin?
100
peri-
What means around?
100
Ureters
What are the narrow tubes that carry urine form kidney to blader?
100
carcinolysis
What is the -lysis, meaning destruction or break down?
200
pat/o
What is disease?
200
urethra
What drains urine from bladder?
200
-ectomy
What is a surgical excision?
200
Dysplasis
What is abnormal tissue growth?
200
Arthroscopy
What is a arthr/o- meaning joint?
300
myc/o
What is fungus?
300
diaphysis
What is the shaft of a long bone?
300
-rraphy
What means suturing?
300
Arthroplasty
What is a surgical repair of a joint?
300
Abduction
What is ab- meaning away from?
400
nephr/o
What is kidney/nephron?
400
lithotripsy
What is crushing of a calculus or stone?
400
erythr/o
What is reddish discoloration?
400
Osteoarthritis
What is non-inflammatory arthritis?
400
Paracentesis
What is -centesis, meaning puncture
500
chondr/o
What is cartilage?
500
Osteomalacia
What is softening of bone?
500
-pexy
What is a surgical fixation?
500
Hidrosis
What is abnormal sweating?
500
enteropexy
What is -pexy, meaning surgical fixation?
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