Roots
root word for heart
cardi
Prefix for excessive/over?
hyper-
Suffix for disease
-pathy
what does TB mean?
tuberculosis
Appendectomy
removal of the appendix
root for kidney
nephr
slow
Suffix for vomiting?
-emesis
Abbreviation for ethyl alcohol
ETOH
Leukemia
root:leuk = white
suffix:emia = blood condition
= too many white blood cell (cancer)
What does the root carp/o mean?
wrist
Prefix for half?
hemi- and/or semi-
what does the suffix -lysis mean?
inflammation
What is EKG
electro-cardiogram
Aphesia
prefix:a- = without
root:phasis = to speak
=speechless
root for yellow-orange
cirrh/o
Prefix for around?
peri- and/or circum-
what does the suffix -esthesia mean?
sensation
define MI
myocardial infraction
Hyperemesis
excessive vomiting
root for ribs/side
pleur
Find and define the prefix : tachycardia
fast heart rate
Find and define the suffix : nephropathy
pathy = disease
disease of the kidney
Abbreviation for pulmonary embolism
PE
Dysuria
painful urination