Prefixes
What prefix means before?
pre-
What combining form means fat?
Adip/o
What suffix means inflammation?
-itis
tonsillitis
What suffix means abnormal softening?
-malacia
What prefix means after?
Post-
Neur/o
What suffix means surgical removal?
-ectomy
What term means pain in the stomach?
What prefix means over, above, increased?
Hyper-
What prefix means below, under, or decreased?
Hypo-
What combining form means stomach?
Gastr/o
What suffix means surgical repair?
-plasty
What terms means pertaining to a virus?
What root word means pertaining to birth?
natal
What prefix means within?
What combining form means muscle?
My/o
What suffix means rupture?
-rrhexis
What terms means the surgical removal of the appendix?
appendectomy
What combining form means nose?
Rhin/o
What prefix means surrounding?
Peri-
What combining form means cell?
Cyt/o
What suffix means flow or discharge?
-rrhea
What terms means to suture a muscle?
myorrhaphy
What is used when the suffix begins with a consonant?
a combining vowel