URINARY
DIGESTIVE
COMBINING FORMS
SUFFIXES
HODGE PODGE
100
Go back in time to for this term that describes the location of the kidneys
What is retroperitoneal?
100
Enter/o refers to this
What is the small intestine?
100
If your patient is yellow you may want to use this combining form
What is cirrh/o
100
PUT THIS SUFFIX ON THE END AND YOU HAVE PAIN
What is -algia?
100
This medication means against life
What is antibiotic?
200
A kidney stone
What is nephrolith?
200
The 3 parts of the small intestine?
What are duodenum, jejunum, and ileum?
200
Red, white and blue!
What is erythr/o, leuk/o, and cyan/o?
200
Use this suffix for spitting or coughing up
What is -ptysis?
200
The backward flow of food
What is regurgitation?
300
Difficulty or painful urination
What is dysuria?
300
Normal gut motion
What is peristalsis?
300
To refer to the ribs use this
What is cost/o?
300
The double -rr meaning to suture
What is -rrhaphy?
300
In the term tachypnea, -pnea means this
What is to breathe?
400
Blood in the urine
What is hematuria?
400
You may want to use the "firery" term to describe heartburn
What is pyrosis?
400
Arthr/o means this
What is joint?
400
In the term diarrhea, -rrhea means this
What is flow or discharge?
400
Urine is normally this color
What is straw or pale yellow?
500
This procedure means to crush a stone
What is lithotripsy?
500
This term means difficulty swallowing
What is dysphagia?
500
Combining form meaning vessel
What is angi/o?
500
This suffix means to droop
What is -ptosis?
500
A patient would visit a bariatrics clinic for this condition
What is obesity?