Suffixes for Medical Specialties
Combining Forms for Medical Specialties
Suffixes for Surgical Procedures
Combining Forms for Body Structure
Suffixes for Sx & Dx
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Three suffixes that mean "pertaining to"
What is "-ac, -al, -ic, or -ical"?
100
Identifies a combining form word part
What is a forward slash (/) followed by a combining vowel?
100
The meaning of "-tripsy"
What is "surgical crushing"?
100
The combining form referring to "hand"
What is "chir/o"?
100
The suffix that refers to "a condition"
What is "-ia or -iasis"?
200
The meaning of -er and -ist
What is "one who"?
200
A combining form meaning "heart"
What is "cardi/o"?
200
Suffix means to loosen, free, or destroy
What is "-lysis"?
200
Combining form(s) in the term "osteoarthritis"
What is "oste/o"?
200
Suffix that means "inflammation"
What is "-itis"?
300
The meaning of the suffixes -iatrics or -iatry
What is "medical profession or treatment"?
300
Combining form that means "child" and "foot"
What is "ped/o"?
300
Suffix means to puncture and remove fluid
What is "-centesis"?
300
Combining form that refers to the spinal cord
What is "myel/o"?
300
Two suffixes that mean "pain"
What is "-algia & -dynia"?
400
A suffix that means "practitioner"
What is -iatrician?
400
The combining form in gastroenterology
What is "gastr/o and enter/o"?
400
Suffix meaning to suture (uniting a wound by stitches)
What is "-rrhaphy"?
400
Means "pain in the muscle"
What is "myalgia"?
400
Definition of the word "Calcipenia"
What is "deficiency of calcium"?
500
Identifies a word part as a suffix when the word part is written alone
What is a hyphen (-) preceding the word part?
500
Combining form meaning "feeling or sensation" and an example of how it is used in a medical term
What is "esthesi/o" as in anestheiologist?
500
The meaning of "-tomy" and an example of its use in medical terminology
What is "incision" such as in tracheotomy?
500
Three combining forms that refer to "skin"
What is "cutane/o, derm/a, & dermat/o"?
500
The suffix that means "resembling" and an example of a word including it
What is "oid" as in paranoid, adenoid, or android (non-medical)
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