Prefix
Suffix
Combining forms
Medical Terms
Word Building
100
What prefix stands for before?

Pre- (Prenatal: Before Birth)

100

-itis

Inflammation

100
What is the combining form Cyan/o?

Blue

100

Med Term for swelling

Edema

100

What is the term for surgical removal of a nerve?

Neurectomy

200

Micro-

Small

200

Suffix for abnormal condition or disease

-osis, -esis, -iasis

200

Combining form for Liver

Hepat/o

200

What is the invasion of the body by a pathogenic?

Infection

200

Term for enlargement of the liver

Hepatomegaly

300

Opposite of Before

Post- (After)

300

What is the prefix for abnormal softening

-malacia the opposite of sclerosis

300

Gastr/o

Stomach

300

arteriosclerosis

Abnormal hardening of the arteries

300

Abnormal softening of the spinal cord

Myelomalacia

400

Which prefix means large, abnormal size, and/or long

 Macro-

400

-rrhage

Usually sudden or severe bleeding 

400

Oste/o

Bones

400

Cyanosis

 blue discoloration of the skin

400

What is the term for pain of the muscles?

Myalgia

500

What is Intra-?

Within or Inside

500

Surgical puncture to remove excess fluid or for diagnostic purposes.

-centesis

500

Which prefix stands for spinal cord?

Myel/o

500

 myopathy

disease of the muscle

500

The study of illness of the stomach and the stomach

Gastrology

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