Prefixes
Suffixes
Combining Forms
Word Meanings
Diseases
100

endo-

What is within?

100

-pathy

What is disease?

100

Pituit/o

What is pituitary?

100

Cardiovascular

What is pertaining to the heart and vessels?

100

Epilepsy

What is recurrent seizures?

200

hypo-

What is below/lower/decreased?

200

-megaly

What is enlargement?

200

Derm/o

What is skin?

200

Apnea

What is the absence of breathing?

200

Hepatomegaly

What is an enlarged liver?

300

dys-

What is difficult/painful/bad?

300

-itis

What is inflammation?

300

Hepat/o

What is liver?

300

Ventilation

What is the intake of fresh air?

300

Gastroenteritis

What is inflammation of the stomach and small intestine?

400

trans-

What is across?

400

-stalsis

What is contraction?

400

Aliment/o

What is nourishment?

400

Chrome

What is colour?

400

Cystitis

What is inflammation of the bladder?

500

a-

What is without?

500

-rrhexis

What is rupture?

500

Gnath/o

What is jaw?

500

Emesis

What is the action/process of vomiting?

500

Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus (GDV)

What is the condition of the stomach where it twists into an abnormal position?

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