Prefixes
What is the prefix that means large or great
mega- or megal/o
What is the suffix meaning Surgical Repair
Plasty
What is the word root for nerve?
Neur/o
Term describing time and events surrounding birth
perinatal
Pre
What is the suffix meaning surgical removal
-ectomy
What is the word root for Joint?
Arthr/o
What is the medical term for surgical removal of the tonsils?
Tonsillectomy
surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
Prefix that means out of, outside, away from
ex-
What is the meaning of the suffix -rrhaphy
surgical suturing
Myel/o
What is the study of ears, nose and throat?
Otorhinolaryngology
otomy means
cutting or surgical incision
the prefix that means away from, negative or absent
ab-
What is the meaning of the suffix -osis
Abnormal condition or disease
What is the word root for muscle?
My/o
What is the term for abnormal hardening of arteries?
Arteriosclerosis
What is the term for groove or crack-like sore of the skin
fissure
The prefix that means toward, to, it the direction of
ad-
malacia
What is the word root that means "gray"
Poli/o
What is the term meaning above or outside the ribs?
supracostal
What is the term for abnormal passage, usually between the two internal organs or leading from an organ to the surface of the body?
Fistula