Pot luck
Combining forms
Suffixes
Singular/plural forms
Definitions
100
prefix
What is the beginning part of a word called?
100
narc/o
What is the combining from for 'sleep'?
100
-ist
What is the suffix for 'specialist'?
100
-i
What is the plural form of '-us'?
100
seroma
What is ' a pocket/collection of serous fluid'?
200
word root
What is the foundation / main part of a word called?
200
orth/o
What is the combining form for 'straight/straighten/align'?
200
condition, state, or theory
What is '-ism'?
200
-ma
What is the singular form of '-mata'?
200
xerostomia
What is the term for 'dry mouth'?
300
eponym
What is a disease named after the person who discovered it?
300
encephal/o
What is the combining form for 'brain'?
300
-itis
What is 'inflammation'?
300
cortex
What is the singular form of 'cortices'?
300
cyanosis
What is known as the 'blue disease'?
400
mortuary
Where are corpses kept in a hospital?
400
cost/o
What is the combining form for 'rib'?
400
'plasty'
What is 'repair?
400
vertebrae
What is the singular of 'vertebra'?
400
leukopenia
What is a low white blood cell count?
500
sleeve
What do you roll up when you have a blood test?
500
myc/o
What is the combining form for 'fungus'?
500
- stomy
What is 'opening'?
500
carcinomata
What is the plural form of 'carcinoma'?
500
PEG
How is 'percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy' abbreviated?
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