Prefixes
What is slow?
The suffix for inflammation
What is -itis?
The meaning for nas/o
What is nose?
The study of life
What is biology?
The most common combining vowel
What is "O"?
The prefix for around
What is peri-?
What is -ia?
The combining form for bone
What is oste/o?
Surgical repair of the nose
What is Rhinoplasty?
Most root words come from
The meaning for inter
What is between?
The suffix for a substance?
What is -ine?
The meaning for cardi/o
What is heart?
Study of the nerves
What is neurology?
This is the root word plus a combining vowel
What is combining form?
The meaning for an-
The meaning for -osis?
What is process; abnormal condition?
The combining form for tail
What is caud/o?
The enlargement of the heart
What is cardiomegaly?
This is the central part of a medical word
The prefix for epi-?
What is on; over; upon?
The meaning for -ior?
What is pertaining to?
The combining form for neck; cervix (neck of uterus)
What is cervic/o?
Surgical opening of the large intestine
What is colostomy?
This links word parts, making medial terms easier to pronounce
What is combining vowels?