MED104

prefixes

100

This prefix means excessive.

hyper

200

This prefix means below normal.

hypo-

300

This prefix means fast.

tachy

400

This prefix means slow.

brady

500

This prefix means around.

peri-

suffixes

100

This suffix means inflammation.

-itis

200

This suffix means surgical removal.

-ectomy

300

This suffix means pain.

-algia

400

This suffix means enlargement.

-megaly

500

This suffix means incision.

otomy

combining forms

100

This combining form means lung.

pneum/o

200

This combining form means stomach.

gastr/o

300

This combining form means kidney.

nephr/o

400

This combining form means heart.

cardi/o

500

This combining form means bladder.

cyst/o

whole terms

100

This term means inflammation of the bladder.

Cystitis

200

This term means blood in the urine.

Hematuria

300

This term means inflammation of the pancreas.

Pancreatitis

400

This term means low oxygen in the blood.

Hypoxemia

500

This term means enlarged prostate.

Prostatomegaly

random

100

This is the largest organ in the human body.

What is the skin?

200

The human body contains this many bones in an adult.

What is 206?

300

This organ pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood through the body every day.

What is the heart?

400

These tiny air sacs in the lungs are where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged.

What are the alveoli?

500

This is the longest bone in the human body.

What is the femur?