Prefixes
Suffixes
Roots
Body Systems
Lab Tests
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the prefix that means cancer
What is "carcino"?
100
This suffix means to cut out.
What is "ectomy"?
100
This root word means stomach
What is "gastro"?
100
Inflamation of the pelvis of the Kidney and kidney.
What is pyelonephritis
100
This blood test gives information about what kind of disease process may be occurring and is specific for allergy; bacteria; parasitic worms and phagocytize.
What is a CBC or complete blood count?
200
This prefix means excessive
What is "hyper"?
200
This suffix means a tumor.
What is "oma"?
200
This root word means joint.
What is "arthro"?
200
Excision of the ovaries
What is an oophorectomy?
200

This test measures long term glucose in blood.

What is glycosylated hemoglobin or Hemoglobin A1C?

300
This prefix means fast
What is "tachy"?
300
This suffix means the study of.
What is "logist"?
300
The two word roots for the lungs.
What is "pulmo" and "pneumo"?
300
Neuralgia
What is nerve pain?
300
this blood test detects illnesses caused by acute and chronic infection, inflamation, advanced neoplasm and tissue necrosis and infarct.
What is a sedrate or sedimentation rate or ESR, or erythrocyte sedimentation rate?
400
This prefix indicates a bad or abnormal condition
What is "dys"?
400
This suffix means inflamation
What is "itis"?
400
The root word that means vessel
What is "angio"?
400
Fungus of the fingernails
What is onychomycosis?
400
Three tests that measure thyroid function.
What is TSH, T4 and T3?
500
This prefix indicates location within
What is "endo"?
500
This suffix means pertaining to
What is "ic"?
500
The two root words that mean kidney.
What is "nephro" and "renal"?
500
Inflamation of the conjunctiva
What is conjunctivitis?
500
The three tests combined in a lipid panel to measure cholesterol
What is LDL, HDL and triglyceride?