Prefix
Suffix
Root
Term
Miscillaneous
100
cell
What is -cyte?
100
Heart
What is cardi?
100
Prefix- Root/o -Suffix
What is the 3 parts that make up a medical term?
100
Root
What is the foundation or core of a word?
200
A-
What is the prefix for without or not?
200
flow or discharge
What is -rrhea?
200
Blood Clot
What is thromb?
200
Leuk/o- - white, Cyte - cell
What is the medical term for white blood cell or white (prefix) cell (root)
200
Combining vowel
What is the name of the vowel that is attached to a root word in order to make pronunciation easier?
300
Hyper-, Hypo-
What is in excess, high or a lot? what is deficient, low, or not enough?
300
Condition of the blood
What is -emia?
300
Kidney
What is Ren?
300
Neuralgia Neur - Root - Nerve, -algia - Suffix - Pain
What is the term for nerve (root) pain (suffix)?
300
combining form
What is a root word with an added vowel?
400
around or surrounding
What is peri-?
400
-sclerosis, hardening
What is the suffix in atherosclerosis and what does it mean?
400
Liver
What is Hepat/o ?
400
My- Root - Muscle, -algia - suffix - pain. Muscle pain
What is the breakdown of myalgia and what does it mean?
400
The language of medicine
What is medical terminology? (book definition)
500
dys-, bad, difficult, painful
What is what is the prefix in dyspepsia and what does it mean?
500
-algia
What is pain?
500
Dermat/o
What is the combining form for skin?
500
Oste/o - Root - Bone, Arthr - Root - Joint, -itis - inflammation. Inflammation of the bone and joint (bone/joint grinding)
What is the break down of osteoarthritis and what does it mean?
500
Tachy - prefix - Fast, Cardi/a - Root - Heart, Fast heart beat or Fast Heart
What is the break down of Tachycardia and what does it mean?
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