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Medical Terms
Suffixes
Combining Forms
Prefixes
Misc.
100
Non-constructed term or eponym
What is the term Wilms' Tumor?
100
-logy
What means -study of?
100
Word root/ combining vowel
What is a combining form?
100
after or change
What is meta-?
100
Means discharge
What is rrhea?
200
An acronym or non constructed term
What is PTSD?
200
-itis
What is inflammation?
200
dermat/o
What is combining form of skin?
200
pan-
What is all?
200
-drome
What means running?
300
Eponyms
What is a term derived from the names of important people?
300
-emesis
What is vomiting
300
rhin/o
What is combining form for nose?
300
con-
What means with or together?
300
prefix
What is the word part attached to the beginning of a word?
400
Greek and Latin
What two languages have the most impact on the formation and meaning of medical terms?
400
-plasty
What is surgical repair?
400
bi/o
What is the combining form for life?
400
Above, excessive
What is hyper-?
400
word root
What is word part that provides the primary meaning of the term?
500
Constructed terms
What terms are made of multiple word parts and combined together?
500
pertaining to
What is -ic and -al?
500
muscul/o
What is the combining form for muscle?
500
within
What is endo-?
500
o
What is the most common vowel used as a combining vowel?