Show:
Suffixes
Conditions
Prefixes
Combining Forms
Miscellanous
100
Means to inflammation
What is -itis
100
The protrusion of an organ through its natural wall
What is hernia
100
Below, decreased
What is hypo
100
Refers to the patient's abdomen
What is abdomin/o
100
A red blood cell
What is erythrocyte
200
Means pain
What is -algia or -dynia
200
The study of tissues
What is histology
200
before, prior to
What is pre-
200
Refers to the patient's heart
What is cardi/o
200
The adjective form of axilla
What is axillary
300
Means digestion
What is -pepsia
300
Low white blood cell count is a sign of this condition
What is leukocytopenia
300
Means difficult, painful, bad or abnormal
What is dys-
300
Refers to a patient's stomach and intestines
What is gastr/o and enter/o
300
Medical term for nosebleed
What is epistaxis
400
forming an opening
What is -stomy
400
Pertaining to any disease of the chest
What is thoracopathy
400
When talking about a neoplasm, the prefix neo means ______ and -plasm means _______
What is new, abnormal growth of tissue OR abnormal mass of tissue
400
Refers to the spinal cord, bone marrow
What is myel/o
400
The plural form of bacterium
What is bacteria
500
Development , nourishment
What is -trophy
500
An autoimmune condition characterized by loss of pigment of the skin
What is Vitiligo
500
When referring to an endoscope, what does the prefix endo- mean
What is inside or inner
500
Refers to a patient's vein
What is phleb/o
500
What is a surgical fracture of a bone
What is osteoclasis