Word Roots
Suffixes
Prefixes
Anatomy
Define Medical Terminology
100
abdomin/o
What is the word root meaning abdomen?
100
-ar
What is the suffix meaning pertaining to?
100
a-, an
What is prefix absent, without?
100
Pelv/i
What is pelvis?
100
otorrhea
What's the term meaning discharge from the ear?
200
cephal/o
What is the word root meaning head?
200
-centesis
What is the suffix puncture of a cavity?
200
brady-
What is the prefix meaning slow?
200
crani/o
What is skull?
200
otalgia
What's the term meaning pain in the ear?
300
chol/e
What is the word root meaning bile/gall?
300
-genesis, gen/o
What is the suffix meaning produce, originate?
300
dys-
What is the prefix meaning bad, difficult, painful?
300
cephal/o
What is head?
300
rhinitis
What's the term meaning inflammation of the nose?
400
cocc/i
What is the word root meaning coccus?
400
-meter
What is the prefix meaning measuring instrument?
400
macro-
What is the prefix meaning large?
400
rhin/o
What is nose?
400
rhinorrhea
What's the term meaning fluid discharge through the nose?
500
crani/o
What is the word root meaning cranium/skull?
500
-orrhea
What is suffix meaning flow, discharge?
500
tachy-
What is the prefix meaning fast?
500
ot/o
What is ear?
500
rhinoplasty
What's the term meaning surgical repair of the nose?
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