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Prefixes
Combining Forms
Suffixes
Word Parts
100
What prefix means "before"?
What is pre-
100

What combining form means "heart"?

What is cardi/o

100
What suffix means "inflammation"?
What is -itis
100

This word part usually, but not always, indicates the involved body part.

What is word root?

200
What prefix means "after"?
What is post-
200
What combining form means "nerve"?
What is neur/o
200
What suffix means "surgical removal"?
What is -ectomy
200

This usually, but not always, indicates location, time, number, or status.

What is a prefix?

300
What prefix means "below, under, or decreased"?
What is hypo-
300
What combining form means "stomach"?
What is gastr/o
300
What suffix means "surgical repair"?
What is -plasty
300

This is a word root with a combining vowel at the end, used when two-word roots are combined or when a suffix beginning with a consonant is added.

What is a combining form?

400
What prefix means "within"?
What is endo-
400
What combining form means "muscle"?
What is my/o
400
What suffix means "flow or discharge"?
What is -rrhea
400

This usually, but not always, indicates the procedure, condition, disorder or disease.

What is a suffix?

500
What prefix means "surrounding"?
What is peri-
500
What combining form means "cell"?
What is cyt/o
500

What suffix means "surgical puncture to remove fluid"?

What is -centesis

500

Name the most commonly used combing vowels in medical terms.

What are a,e, i,o,u, and sometimes y?