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What is the Medical Terminology root for bone?
What is oste/o, oss/o, or orth/o
What is the Medical Terminology definition for -logy?
What is study of
What is a suffix for ema
swelling
What is the suffix for -ptysis
Spitting up
What is the prefix meaning for against?
What is contra or anti-
What is the root for heart?
cardi/o
What is the medical terminology root for joint?
arthr/o
What is the suffix for treatment
Therapy
What does the Medical Terminology suffix -ectomy mean?
What is removal; excision; resection
What are prefixes meaning before?
What is ante-, pre-, pro-
What is the Medical Terminology root for liver
hepat
What is the Medical Terminology meaning for enter/o
What is intestines/small intestines
What is a suffix for abnormal condition
OSIS, IASIS
What is the medical terminology suffix for -stomy
form a new opening
What are the prefixes for around?
What is circum-, peri-
What is the Medical Terminology root for kidney
Nephr
What is the Medical Terminology definition for the study of the skin?
What is dermatology
What is the suffix for a tumor
oma
What is the medical terminology suffix for -plasty
surgical repair
What is the meaning of the prefixes ecto-, exo-, extra-
What is outside
What is the Medical Terminology root for the stomach
gastr
What is the Medical Terminology meaning for a doctor who specializes in treatment of the heart?
What is cardiologist
What is the medical terminology meaning for
-megaly?
What is Enlargement
What is the definition for suture
rrhaphy
In order to make medical terms easier to pronounce when the word parts are put together, the word roots may need to be changed into a different form, which is known as the
What is combining form