Prefix Power
This prefix means half.
What is hemi-?
This suffix means breathing.
What is -pnea?
This root refers to vessels.
What is angi/o-?
Fast heart rate.
What is tachycardia?
Removal of a thyroid gland.
What is a thyroidectomy?
Root meaning blood.
What is hemat/o?
This prefix means many.
What is poly-?
This suffix means speech.
What is -phasia?
This root refers to muscles.
What is myo- or sarco-?
Inflammation of a joint.
What is arthritis?
Viewing the bladder.
What is a cystoscopy?
Root meaning gallbladder.
What is chol/o?
This prefix means slow.
What is brady-?
This suffix means breakdown or break open.
What is -lysis?
This root refers to lung/air.
What is pneum/o-?
Lack of sensation.
What is anesthesia?
Nose reconstruction.
What is rhinoplasty?
Root meaning bone marrow/spinal cord.
What is myel/o?
This prefix means after.
What is post-?
This suffix means fixation (re: surgical repair).
What is -pexy?
This root refers to female/woman.
What is gynec/o-?
Blue skin due to low oxygen.
What is cyanosis?
Recording of heart activity.
What is an electrocardiography?
Root meaning vein.
What is phleb/o?
This prefix means backward.
What is retro-?
This suffix means crushing.
What is -tripsis
This root refers to voice box/airway.
What is laryng/o-?
Inflammation around the heart.
What is pericarditis?
Creating an opening into the trachea.
What is a tracheostomy?
Root meaning spleen.
What is splen/o?