PIECES & PARTS
PREFIXES
SUFFIXES
WHERE ON THE BODY
BREAK IT DOWN!
100
WORD PART FOUND AT THE BEGINNING OF A WORD.MAY INDICATE NUMBER, LOCATION, TIME, OR STATUS.
What is A PREFIX?
100
BEFORE
What is PRE-?
100
SURGICAL REPAIR
What is -PLASTY?
100
CERVICAL
WhERE is THE NECK?
100
PERICARDIUM
What is THE STRUCTURE SURROUNDING THE HEART?
200
ROOT WORD + COMBINING VOWEL
What is A COMBINING FORM?
200
ALL
What is PAN-?
200
SURGICAL REMOVAL OR EXCISION
What is -ECTOMY?
200
THORACIC
WhERE is THE CHEST?
200
CARPAL
What is PERTAINING TO THE JOINT BETWEEN THE RADIUS AND ULNA AND METACARPAL BONES?
300
USED WHEN A SUFFIX BEGINS WITH A CONSONANT OR WHEN TWO OR MORE ROOTS ARE JOINED.
What is A COMBINING VOWEL?
300
BEYOND
What is META-?
300
SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID OR GAS
What is -CENTESIS?
300
CUTANEOUS
WhERE is THE SKIN?
300
RHINOPLASTY
What is SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE NOSE?
400
WORD PART THAT MAY INDICATE PROCEDURE, CONDITION, DISEASE, OR DISORDER.
What is A SUFFIX?
400
PAINFUL, DIFFICULT, OR BAD
What is DYS-?
400
SURGICALLY CREATED OPENING
What is -STOMY?
400
LUMBAR
WhERE is THE LOWER BACK?
400
NEPHROSIS
What is ABNORMAL CONDITION OF THE KIDNEYS?
500
SUFFIX FIRST, PREFIX NEXT, COMBINING FORM LAST
What is THE CORRECT WAY TO DISSECT A MEDICAL TERM?
500
MANY OR EXCESSIVE
What is POLY-?
500
RUPTURE
What is -RRHEXIS?
500
ROSTRAL
WhERE is THE NOSE?
500
INTERCOSTAL
What is PERTAINING TO BETWEEN THE RIBS?
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