Root Words
Root Word for Bone?
What is Osteo.
-algia?
what is pain?
Word root/ combining vowel
What is a combining form?
bad or abnormal
What is mal-?
Means discharge
What is rrhea?
Root word to mean joint?
What is arthr(o).
-itis
What is inflammation?
dermat/o
What is combining form of skin?
path(o)-
What is pertaining to disease?
-emia
What means pertaining to the presence of a substance of blood?
Root Word to Mean crooked, stiff or bent?
What is ankylo.
-pathy
disease or a system for treating disease?
rhin/o
What is combining form for nose?
cardi(o)-
What means pertaining to the heart?
prefix
What is the word part attached to the beginning of a word?
Root word to mean abdomen?
Abdomin/o
-plasty
What is surgical repair?
bi/o
What is the combining form for life?
Above, excessive
What is hyper-?
word root
What is word part that provides the primary meaning of the term?
Root word to mean hearing?
What is acous/o?
-phagia
pertaining to eating or swallowing?
muscul/o
What is the combining form for muscle?
within
What is endo-?
o
What is the most common vowel used as a combining vowel?