COMBINING FORMS
pil/o, trich/o
What is "hair?"
Embolism
What is a blockage in the blood vessel?
-metry
What is the process of measuring?
-lith
What is the suffix for stone?
hyper-
What is a prefix meaning "over?"
steat/o, adip/o, lip/o
What is "fat?"
Myclonus
What is muscle twitching?
poly-
What is a prefix meaning "many?"
-plasia
What is a suffix for paralysis?
ante-
What is a prefix meaning "before?"
onych/o, ungu/o
What is "nail?"
Catatonia
What is the condition characterized by reduced muscle tone?
somnambulism
What is sleep walking?
-oid
What is the suffix meaning "resembling?"
cyan-
What is a prefix meaning "blue?"
capn/o, carb/o
What is "carbon dioxide?"
Ataxia
Disesthesia
What is a bad sensation (feeling)?
-asthen
What is the suffix for "weakness?"
peri-
What is a prefix meaning "around?"
pneum/o, pulmon/o, pneumon/o
What is "lung?"
Elliptocytosis
What is an oval cell condition?
EEG
What is electroencephalography?
-cele
What is the suffix for "hernia?"
pan-
What is a prefix meaning "all?"