Prefixes
Combining Forms
Suffixes
Terms
Hodge Podge
100
Pre-
What prefix means before?
100
Adip/o
What combining form means fat?
100
-itis
What suffix means inflammation?
100
Tonsilitis
What term means inflammation of the tonsils?
100
-malacia
What suffix means abnormal softening?
200
Post-
What prefix means after?
200
Neur/o
What combining form means nerve?
200
-ectomy
What suffix means surgical removal?
200
Gastralgia
What term means pain in the stomach?
200
Hyper-
What prefix means over, above, increased?
300
Hypo-
What prefix means below, under, or decreased?
300
Gastr/o
What combining form means stomach?
300
-plasty
What suffix means surgical repair?
300
Viral
What term means pertaining to a virus?
300
Natal
What root word means pertaining to birth?
400
Endo-
What prefix means within?
400
My/o
What combining form means muscle?
400
-rrhea
What suffix means flow or discharge?
400
Appendectomy
What term means the surgical removal of the appendix?
400
Rhin/o
What combining form means nose?
500
Peri-
What prefix means surrounding?
500
Cyt/o
What combining form means cell?
500
-rrhexis
What suffix means rupture?
500
Myorrhaphy
What term means to suture a muscle?
500
A combining vowel
What is used when the suffix begins with a consonant?
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