Prefixes
Combining Forms
Suffixes
Terms
Hodge Podge
100
pre-
What is the prefix that means before?
100
cardi/o
What is the prefix that means heart?
100
the suffix that means inflammation
What is -itis?
100
tonsillitis
What is inflammation of the tonsils?
100
suffix that means abnormal softening
What is -malacia?
200
post-
What is the prefix that means after?
200
the combining form that means nerve
What is neru/o?
200
the suffix that means surgical removal
What is -ectomy?
200
pain in the stomach
What is gastralgia?
200
hyper-
What is the prefix that means over, above, increased?
300
prefix that means below, under, or decreased
What is hypo-?
300
the combining form that means stomach
What is gastr/o?
300
the suffix that means surgical repair
What is -plasty?
300
pertaining to the kidney
What is renal?
300
root word meaning pertaining to birth
What is natal?
400
poly-
What is the prefix that means many?
400
the combining form that means muscle
What is my/o?
400
the suffix that means flow or discharge
What is -rrhea?
400
surgical removal of the appendix
What is appendectomy?
400
combining form that means nose
What is rhin/o?
500
the prefix that means surrounding
What is peri-?
500
the combining form that means cell
What is cyt/o?
500
the suffix that means rupture
What is -rrhexis?
500
to suture a muscle
What is myorrhaphy?
500
used when the suffix begins with a consonant
What is a combining vowel?
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