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WORD PARTS
COMBINING TERMS
PREFIXES & SUFFIXES
FORMATION OF PLURALS
????
100
It gives essential meaning of the term
What is a root?
100
hem/o, hemat/o
What is blood?
100
-cyte
What is cell?
100
Plural of vertebra
What is vertebrae?
100
Cells necessary in blood clotting
What are platelets?
200
It is the word ending
What is a suffix?
200
erythr/o
What is red?
200
dia-
What is complete or through?
200
Plural of diagnosis
What is diagnoses?
200
The protein carried by erythrocytes (red blood cells)
What is hemoglobin?
300
It is a small part added to the beginning of a term
What is a prefix?
300
nephr/o
What is kidney?
300
-emia
What is blood condition?
300
Plural of cortex
What is cortices?
300
Cells that fight infection
What are leukocytes (white blood cells)?
400
It connects roots to suffixes and roots to other roots
What is the combining vowel?
400
encephal/o
What is brain?
400
peri-
What is surrounding?
400
Plural of bacterium
What is bacteria?
400
Selma ate a spicy meal at a restaurant. Later that night she experienced (osteoarthritis/dermatitis/gastroenteritis) Fortunately, the cramping and diarrhea subsided by morning.
What is gastroenteritis?
500
It is the combination of the root and the combining vowel
What is the combining form?
500
aden/o
What is gland?
500
-algia
What is pain?
500
Plural of bronchus
What is bronchi?
500
Christina was feeling very sluggish, both physically and mentally. Her hair seemed coarse, she noticed weight gain in the past weeks, and she had hot and cold intolerance. Her internist (physician specializing in the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, especially of adults) ordered a blood test that revealed low levels of a hormone normally secreted from a gland in the neck. She was referred to a specialist, a/an (gynecologist/endocrinologist/pathologist). The physician ordered a blood test that confirmed low levels of the hormone. the diagnosis of (hypothyroidism/hyperthyroidism/psychosis) was thus made, and proper treatment prescribed.
What are endocrinologist and hypothyroidism?