Prefixes
Suffixes
Roots
What does that mean?
What does that mean 2?
100

Abnormally fast

What is Tachy-

100

Tumor

What is -oma

100

Nose

What is Nas/o

100

Anemia

What is the lack of blood?

100

Lobectomy

What is the surgical removal of a lobe?

200

Bad, Poor

What is Mal-

200

Cell

What is -cyte

200

Teeth

What is Dent/o

200

Bradycardia

What is an abnormally slow heat rate?

200

Arthritis

What is the inflammation of the joints?

300

Difficulty 

What is Dys-

300

cutting, incision

What is -tomy

300

Eye

What is ophthalm/o

300

Hypothermia

What is an abnormally low body temperature?

300

Carcinoma

What is a cancerous tumor?

400

down, from

What is De-

400

Deficiency of

What is -penia

400

Thorax

What is Thorac/o

400

Polyuria

What is producing to much urine?

400

Cystotomy

What is cutting into the urinary bladder?

500

Without, lack of, not

What is A-, an 

500

Breathing

What is -pnea

500
Head

What is cephal/o

500

Malocclusion

What is poor positioning of the teeth?

500

Leukopenia

What is a deficiency of white blood cells?

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