Prefixes
Combining Froms
Suffixes
Terms
Hodge Podge
100
pre-
What prefix means before?
100
cardi/o
What comcining form means heart?
100
-itis
What suffix means inflammation?
100
Dermatitis
What term means inflammation of the skin?
100
-malacia
What suffix means abnormal softening?
200
post-
What prefix means after?
200
neur/o
What combining form means nerve?
200
-ectomy
What suffix means surgical removal?
200
Gastralgia
What term means stomach pain?
200
hyper-
What prefix means over, above, or increased?
300
hypo-
What prefix means below, under, or decreased?
300
gastr/o
What combining from means stomach?
300
-plasty
What suffix means surgical repair?
300
Renal
What term means pertainig to the kidneys?
300
Nasal
What term means pertaining to the nose?
400
dys-
What prefix means diffcult or painful?
400
my/o
What combining form means muscle?
400
-rrhea
What suffix means discharge?
400
Appendectomy
What term means surgical removal of the appendix?
400
ot/o
What combining form means ear?
500
peri-
What prefix means surrounding?
500
pneum/o
What combining form means lung?
500
-rrhexis
What suffix means rupture?
500
Myorrhaphy
What term means to suture a muscle?
500
A combining vowel
What is used to combine a suffix and a word root when the suffix begins with a consonant?
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