Combining Forms
Suffixes
And more suffixes...
...and still more suffixes
Prefixes
100
The combining form bi/o means
What is life?
100
The suffixes -ic, -al, -ous mean.
What is pertaining to?
100
This is the suffix meaning a love for.
What is -philia?
100
This suffix means discharge.
What is -rrhea?
100
This prefix means away from.
What is ab-?
200
This is the combing form for stomach.
What is gastr/o?
200
The suffixes -algia, -dynia mean.
What is pain?
200
This means surgical puncture.
What is -centesis?
200
This suffix means hernia.
What is -cele?
200
Orders written by the doctor for the patient before surgery.
What is preoperative?
300
This is the combining form for muscle.
What is muscul/o?
300
The suffixes -osis, -ism, -ia means.
What is condition of?
300
This is the meaning of the suffix in hepatitis.
What is inflammation?
300
The suffix -logist means.
What is one who studies?
300
The prefix meaning after.
What is post-?
400
This is the combining form for skin.
What is dermat/o?
400
This suffix -scopy means.
What is the process of viewing with an instrument?
400
This suffix means vomiting.
What is -emesis?
400
This suffix means surgical repair.
What is -plasty?
400
The prefix that means small.
What is micro-?
500
This combining form means disease.
What is path/o?
500
The suffix -sclerosis means this:
What is hard or hardening?
500
The meaning of the suffix -drome is:
What is running?
500
This suffix means surgical removal.
What is -ectomy?
500
This prefix in bradycardia means.
What is a slower-than-normal heartbeat?