Prefixes and Suffixes
Hyper-
What is a prefix meaning elevated or higher?
Cardi/o
What is the combining form for the heart?
Auscultation
What is the act of listening?
pyo -collection of pus
derm/a -skin
Inflammation of joints
-lysis
What is a suffix meaning breakdown, destruction or separation?
Nephr/o
What is the combining form for kidney?
Tonometry
What is the procedure used to measure intraocular pressure
Enteritis
Enter -small intestine
itis -inflammation
Atria
What are the superior chambers of the heart?
Olgio-
What is a prefix meaning scant or little?
The two combining forms for nose
What are Nas/o and Rhin/o?
Nasogastric intubation
What is the insertion of a nasogastric tube though the nose, past the throat and into the stomach?
Chondromalacia
chondr/o -cartilage
malacia -abnormal softening
Moving from one place to another (walking, running, etc.)
What is ambulation?
-pexy
What is the suffix meaning surgical fixation?
Aliment/o
What is nourishment?
Arthrocentesis
What is the surgical puncture on a joint?
Angiocardiography
angi/o -blood vessels
cardi/o -heart
graphy -radiographic visualization
Joints that are classified as immovable
What is synarthroses?
-rrhexis
What is the suffix meaning rupture?
Myel/o
What is the combining form for both spinal cord and bone marrow?
Laparotomy
What is a surgical procedure involving a large incision through the abdominal wall to get access to the abdominal cavity?
Cardiohydropneumatosis
cardi/o -heart
hydr/o -water
pneumat/o -air
osis -abnormal condition of
Proprioceptive deficit
What is knuckling?