Prefixes
Slow
Brady
Lacrim/o
Tears
Ballooning of weakened portion of arterial wall
Aneurysm
STI
Sexually Transmitted Infection
-iatry
Treatment, specialty
Under, Below
Sub
Kal/i
Potassium
Glossitis
GI
Gastrointestinal
-ictal
seizure, attack
Fast, Rapid
Tachy
What is the combining form for movement/motion?
Kinesi/o
Pain in the ear
Otalgia
PCOS
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
-opia
Vision condition
Above
Supra
What is the combining form for sensation, sensitivity, feeling?
Esthesi/o
Inflammation of the bursa
Bursitis
COPD
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
-physis
growth
Together, Joined
Syn
Common bile duct?
Choledoch/o
Inflammation of the nerve
Neuritis
EEG
electroencephalogram
-trophy
nourishment, development