Word Parts
Suffixes
Pathology
Procedures
Hoge Poge
100
Arthr/o
What is joint?
100
-itis
What is inflammation?
100
Arthralgia
What is joint pain?
100
Arthroscopy
What is visual examination of the joint?
100

A combining form is what?

What is used when suffix begins with a consonant?

200
Chondr/o
What is cartilage?
200

-ectomy

What is surgical removal?

200
Chondromalacia
What is softening of cartilage?
200
Bursectomy
What is surgical removal of a bursa?
200
Refers to the back
What is dorsal or posterior?
300
Myel/o
What is bone marrow or spinal cord?
300
-plasty
What is surgical repair?
300
Osteoporosis
What is loss of bone density (increase in pores)?
300
Osteotomy
What is surgical incision of a bone?
300
Divides the body into equal halves
What is midsagittal?
400
My/o
What is muscle?
400
-rrhea
What is flow or discharge?
400
Arthrolysis
What is surgical loosening of a joint?
400
Neurotomy
What is surgical incision into a nerve?
400
This cavity houses the brain
What is cranial?
500
Py/o
What is pus forming?
500
-oma
What is tumor?
500
Oteorrhaphy
What is surgical suturing of the bone?
500
Tonsillectomy
What is surgical removal of the tonsils?
500
Area on the left and right just below the ribs
What is hypochondriac?
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