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Prefixes
Rules
Combining Forms
General words
Suffixes
100
bad, difficult, or painful
What is dys-?
100
When a prefix is necessary, it is always placed here
What is the beginning of the word?
100
blue
What is cyan/o?
100
a condition in which one or more body parts are not functioning normally
What is a disease?
100
pertaining to
What is -al, -ac, -ar, -ic, and others?
200
before
What is pre-?
200
A combining vowel is used when the suffix begins with this
What is a consonant?
200
stomach
What is gastr/o?
200
an objective evidence of a disease such as a fever
What is a sign?
200
inflammation of
What is -itis?
300
away from
What is ab-?
300
This is used when two or more word roots are joined
What is a combining vowel?
300
nerve
What is neur/o?
300
a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder
What is a prognosis?
300
bleeding
What is -rrhage? also -rrhagia?
400
within or inside
What is intra-?
400
A combining vowel is NOT used when the suffix begins with this.
What is a vowel?
400
red
What is erythr/o?
400
subjective evidence of a disease, such as pain or a headache
What is a symptom?
400
abnormal hardening
What is -sclerosis?
500
good, normal, well, or easy
What is eu-?
500
A word root cannot stand alone - this MUST be added to complete the term
What is a suffix?
500
hem/o
What is blood?
500
a disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first
What is an eponym?
500
rupture
What is -rrhexis?