Suffixes
Surgical repair
Plasty
Spleen
Spleno
Before
Pre
What is the most common combining vowel?
O
Antibacterial
Against bacteria
Oma
Tumor
Stomach
Gastro
Endo
In, within
What are one of the terms that mean pertaining to?
-ar
Heterography
Tissue transplant from a different species.
Rrhaphy
Suture
Nerve
Neuro
One half
Hemi
What does the surgical term Gastr/o/rrhaphy mean?
Suture of the stomach
Crushing of a stone
Rrhexis
Rupture
Uterus
Hystero
Large
Macro
What does Neur/o/pathy meant?
Disease in the nerves.
Mast/ectomy
Excision of breast
Instrument for recording
Graph
Ear
Oto
Good, normal
Eu
What does splenectomy mean?
Excisions of the spleen.
Incision of the tympanic membrane
Tympan/tome