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Prefixes
Combining Forms
Suffixes
Terms
Hodge Podge
100
in, within, inside
What is endo-?
100
gland
What is aden/o?
100
disease
What is -pathy?
100
any disease condition of a gland
What is adenosis?
100
study of the causes of diseases
What is etiology?
200
above
What is epi-?
200
disease
What is path/o?
200
secrete
What is -crine?
200
hospital-acquired
What is nosocomial?
200
premature birth
What is birth that occurs earlier than 37 weeks of development?
300
retro-
What is behind?
300
head
What is cephal/o?
300
control
What is -stasis?
300
an illness with no known cause
What is idiopathic?
300
a sudden wide-spread outbreak of a disease within a specific population group or area
What is an epidemic?
400
ana-
What is excessive?
400
cartilage
What is chondr/i?
400
formation
What is -plasia?
400
abnormal condition that exists at the time of birth
What is congenital?
400
study of the medical problem and care of the aged (elderly)
What is geriatrics?
500
exo-
What is out of?
500
fat
What is adip/o?
500
development
What is -trophy?
500
an unfavorable response due to prescribed medical treatment
What is iatrogenic?
500
genetic disorder in which an essential digestive enzyme is missing and a blood test performed on infants at birth can diagnose this disorder
What is PKU (phenylketonuria)?