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WORD PARTS
SUFFIXES RELATED TO PATHOLOGY
SUFFIXES FOR PROCEDURES
OPPPOSITE PREFIXES
PUTTING IT TOGETHER
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Often a body part; the main part of the medical term
What is a word root?
100
-algia
What is the most common suffix for pain?
100
-centesis
What is a surgical procedure to remove fluid?
100
"away from" versus "toward"
What "ab" and "ad"
100
gastritis
What is inflammation of the stomach?
200
Always at the end of the word and often indicates procedure, condition, disorder or disease
What is the suffix?
200
-dynia
What is a less common term for pain?
200
-scopy
What means "visual examination"?
200
"right sided" versus "left sided"
What are "dextr/o" and "sinistr/o"
200
the time and events before birth
What is "prenatal"?
300
Always at the beginning of the word and often indicated location, time, number or status
What is the prefix?
300
-itis
What is the suffix for inflammation?
300
-plasty
What means "surgical repair"?
300
"out of, outside or away from" versus "in, into, not, without"
What are "ex" and "in"
300
myoplasty
What is surgical repair of a muscle?
400
A word root plus a vowel at the end
What is one type of combining form?
400
-megaly
What is the suffix that mean enlargement?
400
-gram
What is a "picture or a record"?
400
"large" vesus "small"
What are "macro" and "micro"
400
surgical puncture to remove fluid from the abdomin
What is "abdominocentesis"?
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the combining form for "stomach"
What is "gastr/o"?
500
-malacia
What is the suffix that means abnormal softening?
500
-graphy
What means the "process of producing a picture or a record"?
500
"before" versus "after, behind"
What are "pre" and "post"
500
arterionecrosis
What is "tissue death of an artery or arteries"?