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Prefix
Suffix
Combining Forms
Break-Downs
Medical Terms
100
bi-
What is two
100
-ic
What is pertaining to
100
arthro/o
What is joint
100
arthritis
What is arthr(joints), -itis(inflammation)
100
what medical term means softening of the bone
What is osteoporosis
200
Tri-
What is three
200
-rrhexis
What is rupture
200
chondr/o
What is cartilage
200
scoliosis
What is scoli(curved), -osis(abnormal condition)
200
which medical term means within the muscle
What is intramuscluar
300
hyper-
What is increased, over, or above
300
what is the suffix meaning hernia
What is -cele
300
cost/o
What is ribs
300
gastralgia
What is gastr(stomach), -algia(pain)
300
what does pandemic mean
What is outbreak over a large geographic area
400
What prefix is used for decreased or deficient?
What is hypo-
400
-plegia
What is paralysis
400
What is the combining form meaning muscle
What is my/o
400
poliomyelitis
What is poli/o(gray), myel(spinal cord), -itis(inflammation) = inflammation of the gray matter in the spinal cord.
400
what is the difference between ologist and ology
What is ologist is the specialist, while ology is the study of
500
What does the prefix pre- mean in the term prenatal
What is before
500
What is the suffix meaning setting free or loosening
What is -lysis
500
what it the combining form meaning vertebrae
What is spondyl/o
500
electroneuromyography
What is electr/o(electric), neur/o(nerve), my/o(muscle, -graphy(process producing a picture or record)= records neuromuscular activity by electric stimulation.
500
Name the difference between acute and chronic
What is acute is severe rapid onset with a short duration while chronic means long duration.