5 basic parts of medical words
What are Prefix, Root, Suffix, Combining Vowel, Combining Form
The prefix “hyper-” means
What is Above or Excess
“cardi” refers to
What is Heart
the suffix “-itis” means
What is Inflammation
“gastroenteritis” mean
What is Inflammation of stomach and intestines
The part of a word gives the main meaning
What is a Root
“hypo-” mean
What is Below or Less
“gastr” refers to
What is Stomach
“-ectomy” means
What is Surgical Removal
“tonsillectomy” means
Removal of tonsils
The part that links word parts together and helps with pronunciation
What is a Combining Vowel
“intra-” mean
What is Within
“cyt” refers to
What is Cell
“-algia” mean
What is Pain
“cardiology” means
What is the Study of the heart
A combining form is made of
What is Root + Combining Vowel
“an-” in “anemia" means
What is Without
“myo” refers to
What is Muscle
“-logy” means
What is the Study Of
“hypogastric” means
What is Below the stomach
The first step when breaking down a medical term
What is starting with the suffix
True or False: All medical terms have prefixes
What is False
“path” in the word “pathology means
What is Disease
“-emia” means
What is a Blood Condition
“epigastric” means
What is Above the stomach