Root Words
This has to do with the heart.
Cardi/o
A prefix meaning without.
A or An
This suffix means inflammation.
-itis
Superior
This means low blood sugar.
Hypoglycemia
This root pertains to the skin.
Derm/o
This prefix pertains to something that is painful or abnormal.
Dys
This suffix means the study of something.
-logy
This pertains to something below
Inferior
This means inflammation in a joint.
Arthritis
This term means something about a disease.
Path/o
This prefix pertains to something before.
Pre
This suffix means a cell.
-cyte
This means closer to the midline.
Medial
The study of the skin is this term.
Dermatology
This term pertains to a joint.
Arth/o
This prefix pertains to something having to do with blood.
Heme
This suffix pertains to a picture or image.
-graphy
This term pertains to something closer to the point of attachment.
Proximal
This is the surgical removal of the stomach.
Gastrectomy
This term means something about the ribs.
Cost/o
This prefix means too little. (hint ... it is not hypo which would be lower than normal.)
Oligo
This suffix pertains to the surgical removal of something.
-ectomy
This term pertains to something further from the site of attachment.
Distal
This term means the inflammation of the muscular layer of the heart.
Myocarditis