Prefixes
Suffixes
Combining Forms
Medical Terms
Definitions
100

 brady-

Slow

100

-stomy

creating an opening

100

enter/o

small intestine

100

osteomalacia

A. Softening of bone 

B. Softening of the eyes

C. Hardening of the joints

D. Reduces dizziness

Softening of bone 


100

an abnormally high concentration of fats or lipids in the blood.

A. Hyperlipidemia

B. Hypertension 

C. Hypothyroidism

D. hypoliposis

hyperlipidemia

200

post-

After

200

-emia

blood condition 

200

cyan/o

blue

200

pericardium

A.  Blue veins in the heart

B. Heart Attack

C. Outer layers of the heart

D. membrane around the heart


membrane enclosing/around the heart

200

temporary loss of sensation 

A. hypoliposis

B. heterotoxin

C. Anesthesia

D. sensationalism

Anesthesia

300

neo-

New

300

-rrhea

discharge

300

cyt/o

cell

300

hepatomegaly

A. Heart Disease 

B. Abnormal enlargement of the liver

C. Crohn's 

D. IBS

abnormal enlargement of the liver

300

Rupture of the heart wall 

A. Arrhythmias 

B. congenital heart defects 

C. Atherosclerosis 

D. Cardiorrhexis


Cardiorrhexis

400

hyper-

Above

400

-genesis

Production, origin

400

path/o

disease

400

nephronectomy

A. Liver surgery

B. Heart surgery 

C. Surgical removal of the kidneys.

D. None of the above 

surgical removal of the kidneys.

400

Headache

A. Acromegaly 

B. Dehydration 

C. Cephalodynia

D. Lyme disease 

cephalodynia

500

tachy-

Fast, Rapid

500

-plasty

surgical repair

500

hydr/o

water

500

neurofibroma

A. Tumors on the nose

B. Specificity of the nerves 

C. Fibrous tumors of tissues surrounding the nerve

D. None of the above 

Fibrous tumors of tissues surrounding the nerve

500

Runny Nose

A. Malaria 

B. Zika virus 

C. Walking pneumonia 

D. Rhinorrhea





Rhinorrhea