Root Words
The root word for gland
What is adeno?
The root word for skin
What is dermat?
The prefix for external or outward
What is ex-
The suffix for inflammation
What is -itis?
The prefix for rapid or fast
What is tachy-?
The root word for heart
What is cardi?
The root word for water
What is hydr
The prefix for large
What is macro-?
The suffix for the study of
What is -logy?
The suffix for tumor, mass or swelling
What is -oma?
The root word for stomach
What is gastr
The root word for kidney
What is nephr?
The prefix for within or inner
endo
The suffix for excessive, abnormal flow
What is -rrhage?
The prefix for below or under
What is sub-?
What is hypo-?
The root word for ear
What is ot?
The root word for disease
What is path?
The Prefix for after
What is post-?
The suffix for hardening
What is -sclerosis?
The suffix for narrowing
What is -stenosis?
The root word for nose
What is rhin?
The root word for lung
What is pulmon?
The prefix for false
What is pseudo-?
The suffix for formation or development
What is -plasm?
The prefix for over or above
What is hyper-?
What is supra-?