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Roots
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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?
100
This is found at the beginning of a word. Examples include a-, anti-, and brady-.
What is a suffix.
100
This root is used in reference to the heart.
What are cardi/o?
200
This prefix means without.
What is a-? As in anemia or asymptomatic.
200
This suffix means inflammation.
What is -itis?
200
This word means lacking water in the body.
What is dehydrate?
200
This is found at the end of the word. Examples include -emia, -ectomy, -logy.
What is a suffix?
200
This root is used in reference to the nose.
What is nas/o?
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 root is used to refer to the ears.
What is ot/o?
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 root is used to refer to the eyes.
What opthalm/o?
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?
500
This word means the study of the heart.
What is cardiology?
500
This means a lack of blood and uses the suffix -a.
What is anemia?
500
This root is used to refer to the trachea.
What is trache/o?
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