Definitions
Combining Forms
Suffix
Miscellaneous
100
A cancerous tumor of the flesh
What is sarcoma?
100
Cyt/o
What is a cell?
100
-itis
What is inflammation?
100
This type of plane divides the body into upper and lower portions.
What is the transverse plane?
200
Inflammation of the small intestine
What is enteritis?
200
Hemat/o
What is blood?
200
"Process of visually examining"
What is -scopy?
200
This doctor performs autopsies and examines biopsy samples
What is a pathologist?
300
An incision in the skull
What is a craniotomy?
300
Aden/o
What is a gland?
300
-cyte
What is a cell?
300
This protein is found in red blood cells
What is hemoglobin?
400
"Pertaining to the throat"
What is pharyngeal?
400
Later/o
What is the side?
400
The study of....
What is -ology?
400
Membrane surrounding the abdomen
What is peritone/o
500
What is the definition of pleuritis?
What is inflammation of the membrane surrounding the lungs?
500
The voice box
What is laryng/o?
500
This is the surgical removal of the kidney
What is a nephrectomy?
500
What is an electroencephalogram?
What is a record of the electricity in the brain?