Prefix Power
This prefix means "without."
What is a- or an-?
This suffix means sleep.
What is -somnia?
This root refers to skin.
What is cut/o or derm/o?
Absence of urine production.
What is anuria?
A test measuring lung volume and airflow.
What is spirometry?
The term "sublingual" refers to a location beneath this structure.
What is the tongue?
This prefix means "middle."
What is meso-?
This suffix means hormone.
What is -one?
This root refers to body.
What is somat/o?
Tumor arising from pigment-producing skin cells.
What is melanoma?
Instrument used to measure breathing function.
What is a spirometer?
The term "periodontal" refers to structures around this body part.
What are the teeth?
This prefix means "few."
What is olig-?
This suffix means trigger or stimulate.
What is -tropin?
This root means moon.
What is luna?
Abnormal fear of water.
What is hydrophobia?
Study of aging.
What is gerontology?
The term "endosteum" is located inside this tissue.
What is bone?
This prefix means "short."
What is brachy-?
This suffix means narrowing.
What is -stenosis?
This root means connective vessel channel.
What is angi/o?
Disease-causing state produced by microbes.
What is pathogenic infection?
Branch of medicine focused on older adults.
What is geriatrics?
The term "epidermis" is located above this layer.
What is the dermis?
This prefix means "false."
What is pseudo-?
This suffix means splitting.
What is -schisis?
This root mean opening.
What is por/o?
Excessive accumulation of fluid in the brain.
What is hydrocephalus?
Removal of a kidney
What is a nephrectomy?
The term "pneumothorax" involves air within this cavity.
What is the chest/thoracic cavity?