Suffixes
What suffix means surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface?
-ostomy
What is the combining form for tissue?
hist/o
What is the term for surgical suturing of a tendon?
tenorrhaphy
What term describes a malignant tumor that originates in the glands?
adenoma
What is the term for the area below the stomach?
hypogastric region
What is the suffix for pain or suffering?
-algia
What is the combining form for fat?
adip/o
What is the term for lower than normal blood pressure?
hypotension
What term means rotating the arm so the palm of the hand is upward?
supination
What is the term for blue discoloration of the skin?
cyanosis
What is the suffix for the process of producing a picture or record?
-gram
What combining form means tail or lower end of the body?
caud/o
hemorrhage
What term means discomfort due to the regurgitation of stomach acid upward into the esophagus?
pyrosis
What is the term for between, but not within, the parts of muscle tissue?
What is the suffix for the study of?
-ology
What combining form means disease?
path/o
What is the term for abnormal development or growth, especially of cells?
dysplasia
What term describes a word that is formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound term?
acronym
What is the term for an abnormal passage, usually between two internal organs, or leading from an organ to the surface of the body?
fistula
What is the suffix for abnormal condition or disease?
-osis
What combining form meals cell?
cyt/o
The is the term for ongoing presence of a disease within a population group, or area?
endemic
What term describes a prediction of the probably course and outcome of a disease?
prognosis
What is the term for unspecialized cells that renew themselves for long periods of time through cell division?
stem cells