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Parts of the Body
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This prefix means slow.
What is brady?
100
The suffix which means the study of.
What is -logy?
100
This word means high body temperature.
What is hyperthermia?
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This is found at the beginning of a word. Examples include a-, anti-, and brady-.
What is a suffix.
100
This part of the body is responsible for walking.
What are legs?
200
This prefix means without.
What is a-? As in anemia or asymptomatic.
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This suffix means inflammation.
What is -itis?
200
This word means lacking water in the body.
What is dehydrate?
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This is found at the end of the word. Examples include -emia, -ectomy, -logy.
What is a suffix?
200
This part of the body is responsible for pumping blood through your body.
What is the heart?
300
This prefix means against.
What is anti-?
300
This suffix means 'cell'.
What is -cyte?
300
This word means against bacteria. Doctors prescribe it for infections.
What is antibiotic?
300
This is the foundation of a word. A prefix or suffix is added to this piece of the word.
What is root word?
300
This part of the body is responsible for thought and control of the body.
What is the brain?
400
This prefix means low. For example, when combined with -thermia it means low body temperature.
What is hypo-?
400
This means an instrument for examining.
What is -scope?
400
This means an abnormally fast heart rate.
What is tachycardia?
400
This is a vowel used to connect roots to other roots or to a suffix. Vowels used may be "O", "A", or "E".
What is a combining form?
400
This part of the body is responsible for filtering the blood in order to remove toxins from the body. Humans have two of them.
What are the kidneys?
500
This prefix means high. For example, when combined with -thermia it means high body temperature.
What is hyper-?
500
This means 'blood'.
What is -emia?
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This means a lack of blood and uses the suffix -a.
What is anemia?
500
This part of the body allows for digestion of food in order for the body to absorb nutrients.
What is the stomach?
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