PREFIX
SUFFIX
WORD ROOTS
MEDICAL TERMS
DIRECTIONAL TERMS
100

SLOW

WHAT IS BRADY

100

ENLARGEMENT

MEGALY

100

JOINT

WHAT IS ARTHRO

100

INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINT

WHAT IS ARTHRITIS

100

AT OR TOWARD THE FRONT FO THE BODY OR BODY PART

WHAT IS ANTERIOR (VENTRAL)

200

FAST OR RAPID

WHAT IS TACHY

200
TUMOR

WHAT IS OMA

200

BONE

WHAT IS OSTE (O)

200

INFLAMMATION OF THE BONE AND JOINT

WHAT IS OSTEOARTHRITIS

200

THE PART FARTHEST FROM THE CENTER OR FROM THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT

WHAT IS DISTAL

300

ABOVE OR OVER

WHAT IS SUPRA

300

PAIN

WHAT IS ALGIA
300

NERVE

WHAT IS NEUR (0)

300

REMOVAL OF THE GALLBLADDER

WHAT IS CHOLEYCYSTECTOMY

300

AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE AT THE SIDE OF THE BODY OR BODY PART

WHAT IS LATERAL

400

EXCESSIVE, HIGH OR TOO MUCH

WHAT IS HYPER

400

INCISION, OR TO CUT INTO

WHAT IS OTOMY

400

HEART

WHAT IS CARDI (O)

400

DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING

WHAT IS DYSPHAGIA

400

AT OR TOWARD THE BACK OF THE BODY OR BODY PART

WHAT IS POSTERIOR

500

MANY OR MUCH

WHAT IS POLY

500

CREATION OF AN OPENING

WHAT IS OSTOMY

500

LIVER

WHAT IS HEPAT (O)

500
SMALL OR SCANT URINE

WHAT IS OLIGURIA

500

AT OR NEAR THE MIDDLE OR MID-LINE OF THE BODY OR BODY PART

WHAT IS MEDIAL

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