PREFIXES, SUFFIXES & WORD ROOTS

PREFIXES

100

HYPO-

What is LOW OR BENEATH?

200

fast

What is -TACHY?

300

BEFORE AND AFTER

What is PRE- & POST-?

400

ANTI- AND ANTE-

What is AGAINST AND BEFORE?

500

BIG AND SMALL

What is MACRO AND MICRO?

SUFFIXES

100

INFLAMMATION

What is ITIS?

200

pain

What is -ALGIA?

300

-ECTOMY

What is SURGICAL REMOVAL?

400

-CENTESIS

What is SURGICAL PUNCTURE?

500

hardening

What is sclerosis?

WORD ROOTS

100

NOSE

What is RHIN/O OR NAS/O?

200

BONE

What is OSTE/O?

300

STOMACH

What is GASTR/O?

400

EAR

What is OT/O?

500

KIDNEY

What is NEPHR/O?

SPELLING BEE

100

PART OF THE HIP BONE - SPELL CORRECTLY

What is ILIUM?

400

Inflammation of the nose, using the term rhin/o?

What is rhinitis?

500

Red blood cell

What is erythrocyte?

GRAB BAG

100

Cardiomegaly meaning

What is enlarged heart?

200

Medical rainbow of color - cyan/o, jaund/o, erythr/o, leuk/o, albin/o, melan/o?

What is blue, yellow, red, white, white & black?

300

Your teacher's name spelled correctly?

What is COLCLASURE?

400

Meaning fast heart rate - palpitation or palpation?

What is palpitation?

500

GASTROENTERITIS meaning

What is stomach or small intestine inflammation?