Word Roots
Prefixes
Suffixes
Words
Definitions
100

Cardi/o

What is "Heart"?

100
A-

What is "without"?

100

-itis

What is "inflammation"?

100

Pathology

What is "study of disease"?

100

Latin and Greek

What is the source of most medical terms?

200

Nephr/o

What is "kidney"?

200

Brady-

What is "slow"?

200

-ac

What is "pertaining to"?

200

Hematology

What is the "study of blood"?

200

Prefix

What is comes at the beginning of the word?"

300

Immun/o

What is "immunity"?

300

Tachy-

What is "fast"?

300

-scope

What is "instrument for viewing"?

300

Neurology

What is the "study of the nerves"?

300

Word Root

What is basic meaning of a word?

400

Bi/o

What is "life"?

400

Hypo-

What is "below"?

400

-ologist

What is "one who studies"?

400

Ophthalmology

What is the "Study of the eyes?"

400
Suffix

What always comes at the end of a word?

500

Dermat/o

What is "skin"?

500

Poly-

What is "many"?

500

-ology

What is "the study of"?

500

Pulmonology

What is "study of the lungs"?

500

Combining vowel

What is links the word root to the prefix and suffix?

M
e
n
u