Root Words
This root word means heart.
What is cardi/o?
This prefix means against, as in a substance that works against living organisms.
What is anti-?
This suffix means inflammation
What is -itis?
This term means the study of life.
Build a term meaning pertaining to the heart using the root cardi/o and the appropriate suffix.
What is cardiac?
This root word means skin.
What is dermat/o?
This prefix means above.
What is epi-?
This suffix means study of.
What is -logy?
This term means pertaining to the ear.
What is otic?
Build a term meaning pain in the stomach using gastr/o and a suffix meaning pain.
This root word means stomach.
What is gastr/o?
This prefix means below or insufficient.
What is hypo-?
This suffix means enlarged.
What is -megaly?
This term means a slow heartbeat.
What is bradycardia?
Break down rhinoplasty into its root word and suffix and define them.
What is rhin/o, meaning nose, plus -plasty, meaning surgical repair?
This root word means kidney.
What is nephr/o?
This prefix means within or inner, as in an instrument used to view inside the body.
What is endo-?
This suffix means surgical removal.
What is -ectomy?
This term means the study of disease.
Break down chemotherapy into its root word and suffix, and state the meaning.
What is chem/o, meaning chemical, plus -therapy, meaning treatment?
This root word means voice box, or larynx.
What is laryng/o?
This prefix means beside, abnormal, or two like parts of a pair.
What is para-?
This suffix means puncture to withdraw fluid.
What is -centesis?
This term means the process of visually examining the stomach.
Build the term meaning a condition of an enlarged kidney using nephr/o and -megaly
What is nephromegaly?