Root words
What is a Root word?
What is the main part of a word that holds its core meaning
This suffix means "surgical removal"
What is -ectomy
This prefix means "deficient, low, or decreased"
What is hypo-
This suffix means "instrument for viewing"
What is -scope
This prefix means "false"
What is pseudo-
This root word means "liver"
What is hepat/o
This suffix means "abnormal narrowing"
This prefix means "fast or rapid"
What is tachy-
This suffix means "softening"
What is -malacia
This prefix means "all or total"
What is pan-
This root word means "bone"
What is oste/o
This suffix means "inflammation"
What is -itis
This prefix means "painful, difficult, or abnormal"
What is dys-
This suffix means "enlargement"
What is -megaly
This prefix means "outside or outward"
What is exo- (or ecto-)
This root word means "nerve"
What is neur/o
This suffix means "pain"
What is -algia
This prefix means "half"
What is hemi-
This suffix means "paralysis"
What is -plegia
This prefix means "against or opposing"
What is anti-
This root word means "red"
What is erythr/o
This suffix means "tumor or mass"
What is -oma
This prefix means "above, excessive, or beyond"
What is hyper-
This suffix means "incision or cutting into"
What is -otomy
This prefix means "together, with, or joined"
What is syn- (or sym-)