Prefixes
Suffixes
Combining Forms
Defintions
Word Surgery
100
DYS-
What is bad, difficult, painful
100
-ART
What is pertaining to
100
ERTHR/O
What is red
100
GASTRITIS
What is inflammation of the stomach
100
OT/O RHIN/O LARYGN -OLOGY
What is the break down of otorhinolarygnogloy
200
END-, ENDO-
What is within, in, inside
200
-PLEGIA
What is paralysis
200
CAUD/O
What is lower part of the body
200
MYOPLASTY
What is surgical repair of a muscle
200
RETRO- PERITON -EAL
What is the break down of retroperitoneal
300
TACHY
What is fast
300
-PATHY
What is disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
300
CHONDR/O
What is cartilage
300
CHONDROMALACIA
What is abnormal softening of the cartilage
300
PERI- OST -ITIS
What is the break down of periostitis
400
INTER-
What is between, among
400
-OSIS
What is abnormal condition
400
KINES/O , KINESI/O
What is movement, motion
400
TENODESIS
What is suture a tendon to a bone
400
ELECT/O NERU/O MY/O -GRAPHY
What is the break down of electroneuromyography
500
ANTE-
What is before, toward
500
-RRHEXIS
What is rupture
500
THROMB/O
What is clot
500
HYPOKINESIA
What is abnormally decreased muscle function or activity
500
POLY- ARTER -ITIS
What is the break down of polyartheritis
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