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Prefixes
Combining Forms
Suffixes
Terms
Hodge Podge
100
Pre-
What prefix means before?
100
Cardi/o
What means heart?
100
-itis
What means inflammation?
100
tonsilitis
What is inflammation of the tonsils?
100
-malacia
What is abnormal softening?
200
Post-
What prefix means after
200
Neur/o
What means Nerve?
200
-ectomy
What is surgical removal?
200
gastralgia
What is pain in the stomach?
200
Hyper-
What is over, above , increased ?
300
Hypo-
What prefix means below, under, or decreased ?
300
Gastr/o
What means stomach?
300
-plasty
What is surgical repair?
300
renal
What is pertaining to the kidney?
300
Natal-
What is pertaining to birth?
400
Poly-
What prefix means many?
400
My/o
What means muscle?
400
-rrhea
What is abnormally high or excessive flow or discharge?
400
appendectomy
What is the surgical removal of the appendix?
400
rhin/o
What is nose?
500
Peri-
What prefix means surrounding
500
Cyt/o
What means cell?
500
-rrhexis
What is to rupture?
500
myorrphaphy
What is the surgical suturing of a muscle?
500
a combining vowel is used when
What is "when the suffix begins with a consonant'?