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Word Parts
Prefixes
Suffixes
Root Words
What's the word?
100
Comes before the main part
What is the prefix?
100
Without, negative
What is a-, an-, in-?
100
Pain
What is -algia?
100
Pertaining to fingers or toes
What is dactyl?
100
Short finger/toes
What is brachydactyl?
200
Main part of the word
What is the root word?
200
Before, in front of
What is ante-?
200
Without an opening
What is -atresia?
200
Pertaining to urine
What is ur/uria?
200
Scant urine
What is oliguria?
300
They have more than one root word
What is a compound word?
300
Short
What is brachy-?
300
Puncturing to aspirate fluid
What is -centesis?
300
Pertaining to the fallopian tube
What is salping/o?
300
Excising of the fallopian tubes
What is salpingectomy?
400
These two combining forms alters the meaning
What is the prefix and suffix?
400
Scant, few
What is olig-?
400
Cut out, excise
What is -ectomy?
400
Pertaining to the kidney
What is neph/ren?
400
Kidney pain
What is Nephalgia?
500
May also indicate a location, number, or time.
What is a prefix?
500
Behind
What is retro-?
500
To incise, cut into
What is -otomy?
500
Pertaining to the skull
What is crani?
500
Opening of the skull
What is craniotomy?