Word Roots
What does the root word my mean?
What is Muscles
What is the prefix gylc- mean?
what is sweet
what does the prefix -itia,-itis mean?
What is inflammation
Tendonitis means what?
What is the inflammation of a tendon
What does the root word phleb mean?
what is veins
What is the prefix mut- mean?
what is change
what does the suffix -ologist mean?
what is one who studies/ practices
hyperthyroidism means what?
what is the above state of the thyroid
What does the root word oss mean?
What is bones
What is the prefix peri-mean?
what is surrounding
what does the suffix -spasm mean?
what is involuntary muscle contraction
neuropathy means what?
What is a disease of the nervous system (nerves)
What does the root word pneum mean?
what is lungs
What is the prefix syn- mean?
what is together, joined
what does the suffix -oxie mean?
what is oxygen
leukaemia means what?
what is cancer of blood cells
What does the root word myel mean?
what is bone marrow AND spinal cord
What is the prefix pseudo- mean?
what is false
what does the suffix -ism mean?
what is the state of
nephrectomy means what?
what is excision of a kidney