Suffix
Notes
Word Root
Prefix
Combined Meanings
100
-algia
What is pain?
100
Greek & Latin
What is 75% of words?
100
Append
What is appendix?
100
Location, time, number, status
What is Prefix?
100
Leukocytes
What is white blood cells?
200
-plasty
What is surgical repair?
200
Eponyms
What is words named after people?
200
Gastro/o
What is stomach?
200
Hyper-
What is excessive, increased?
200
Appendicitis
What is inflammation of appendix?
300
-rrhexis
What is rupture?
300
Acronyms
What is modern language terms that stand for longer phrases?
300
My/o
What is muscle?
300
Hypo-
What is deficient, decreased?
300
Gastroenteritis
What is inflammation of stomach and small intestine?
400
-otomy
What is surgical incision?
400
Cannot stand alone
What is a single word part?
400
Hepat/o
What is liver?
400
Dys-
What is bad/ difficult painful
400
Appendectomy
What is the surgical removal of appendix?
500
-ostomy
What is surgicaly create artificial opening?
500
Drop the combining "o"
What is if the suffix or root word begins with a vowel?
500
Laryng/o
What is throat?
500
Inter-
What is between or among?
500
Otorhinolaryngology
What is the study of ear, nose, and throat?
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