Prefixes
Combing Forms
Suffixes
Number Prefixes
Surgical Suffixes
100
Meaning backward or behind.
What is retro?
100
The combining form of laryngitis is this.
What is laryng/o?
100
The suffix of cardiomegaly means this
What is large or enlargement?
100
Quadrilateral means this
What is four?
100
This suffix means suture
What is -rrhaphy?
200
Meaning beyond or excess
What is ultra?
200
The combing form of chemotherapy is this
What is chem/o?
200
The meaning of carcinogenic is this
What is producing or produced by?
200
hemisphere means this
What is half?
200
This suffix means puncture to withdraw fluid
What is -centesis?
300
Meaning external or outward
What is ex?
300
The combining form of hydrogen is this
What is hydr/o?
300
The suffix in gastralgia is this
What is pain?
300
A semicircle is this
What is half of a circle?
300
This suffix means to create a surgical opening
What is -ostomy?
400
The term interstate means this.
What is between or among states?
400
The combining form for a dermatologist is this
What is dermat/o?
400
The definition hernia or protrusion is
What is -cele?
400
A bilateral edema in the lower extremities is this
What is edema in both legs?
400
When someone has dermatoplasty of the skin that had this
What is surgical repair?
500
The term contradict means this.
What is to go against?
500
The combining form for the specialist pertaining to the eye
What is ophthalm/o?
500
The abnormal softening of an organ is this
What is -malacia?
500
Tetraplegia is paralysis of this
What is four limbs?
500
A nephropexy is this
What is surgical fixation of a kidney?
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