Miscellaneous
what is cavity contains the lungs
thoracic cavity
What is the word part that gives the word it's meaning?
root word
What is the root word meaning joint?
What prefix means below, less than or deficient?
hypo-
What is the suffix that refers to disease?
-pathy
What is the term that is the spread of cells from one area of the body to another. Associated with cancer.
metastasis
What part of a word is at the beginning?
prefix
What is the root word meaning hepat/o?
prefix that means below or under
sub-
What is the suffix meaning enlargement?
-megaly
What is the name of the procedure/test that is a record of the electricity of the brain?
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
What part of the word is at the end
suffix
what is the root word for lung?
pulm/o
prefix that means white
leuko-
What is the suffix meaning break apart, destruction, separate?
-lysis
What is the type of infection called that is acquired from being in a hospital/institutionalized?
nosocomial infection
What is the word part that connects a root to a prefix or suffix or root to root?
combining vowel
What root word means pertaining to the neck?
pharyngeal
prefix that means two (2)
bi
suffix that means inflammation
-itis
What is the space in the body called that contains the kidneys?
retroperitoneal space
What is the term when a root is combined with a vowel?
combining form
What root word means hip
pelvic/o, pelvis
Prefix that means more than, excessive, too much
hyper-
suffix that means discharge
-rrhea