Prefix
Large
What is macro-?
Estr/o
What is female?
Neur/o
What is nerve?
Pertaining to stimulating
What is -tropic?
Only word part found in every medical term`
What is suffix?
Found in the beginning of some medical terms but not all
What is a prefix?
Scanty
What is olig/o?
Secrete
What is crin/o?
Breathing
What is -pnea?
Adds meaning such as condition, disease or procedure
What is suffix?
Slow
What is brady-?
Eye, vision
What is optic/o or opt/o?
What is bone marrow or spinal cord?
Paralysis
What is -plegia?
What is word root?
Tachy-
What is fast?
Hearing
What is acous/o?
Salping/o
What is uterine or auditory tubes?
-ous
What is pertaining to
Links the word root to another word root or suffix
What is a combining vowel?
Pan-
Irrational fear
What is phob/o?
Orchid/o
abnormal softening
What is -malacia?
Provides information about location, number or time
What is a prefix?