Prefixes
Intra- has a similar meaning to
Endo-
a patient scheduled for a procedure to visualize the interior of the body cavity is having
Endoscopy
Super/o
upward
In the term periosteum the suffix refers to
a structure
The O in the term Thermometer is a
Combining Vowel
The plural of diagnosis is
Diagnoses
The study and treatment of the eye are
ophthalmology
What means below or under
Hypo-
a patient has a surgical procedure described as an arthrotomy. you know that the joint
was incised
Cutane/0 is a combining form fro the skin, the precutaneous would refer to a tern that describes something that is __________ the skin
through
epi- endo- and pre- are examples of
prefixes
The opposite of Hyper is
Septum
a surgical repair of the external ear is called
otoplasty
the plural of vertebra is
Vertebrae
The word component that refers to the stomach is
Gastr/o
What is the singular of Larynges
Larynx
A patient with rhinitis has an inflammation of his
nose
Itis means
inflammation
The prefix for hypodermic
Hypo
Abdomin/o
abdomen
anti means
against
an incision into the stomach is called a
gastrotomy
The root word for bone
Oste
The suffix in neonatology is
Logy
what is the combining form for nerve
neur/o