Word Roots
Prefixes & Suffixes
Build the Term
Decode It
Body Organization
100

This word root means heart.

What is cardi?

100

This suffix means inflammation.

What is -itis?

100

Build a medical term meaning inflammation of the stomach.

What is gastritis?

100

Break down and define tachycardia.

What is fast heart rate?

100

The smallest living unit of the body.

What is a cell?

200

This word root means stomach.

What is gastr?

200

This prefix means slow.

What is brady-?

200

Build a term meaning study of the heart.

What is cardiology?

200

Break down and define hypoglycemia.

What is low blood sugar?

200

A group of similar cells working together.

What is tissue?

300

This word root means liver.

What is hepat?

300

This prefix means fast.

What is tachy-?

300

Build a term meaning disease of the nerve.

What is neuropathy?

300

Break down and define pericarditis.

What is inflammation around the heart?

300

A structure made of tissues performing a specific function.

What is an organ?

400

This word root means kidney.

What is nephr?

400

This suffix means study of.

What is -logy?

400

Build a term meaning enlargement of the liver.

What is hepatomegaly?

400

Break down and define neurology.

What is study of the nervous system/nerves?

400

A group of organs working together.

What is an organ system?

500

This word root means nerve.

What is neur?

500

This prefix means above normal or excessive.

What is hyper-?

500

Build a term meaning abnormal condition of kidney stones.

What is nephrolithiasis?

500

Break down and define hepatitis.

What is inflammation of the liver?

500

Put these in order from simplest to most complex: organ, cell, tissue, organ system.

What is cell → tissue → organ → organ system?