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Nettes med term rev.
Word parts, prefixes,and suffixes
Question | Answer |
---|---|
-algia | Pain,suffering,painful condition |
Dys- | Bad,difficult ,painful |
-ectomy | Surgical removal |
Hyper- | Excessive, increased |
Hypo- | Deficient, decreased |
-itis | Inflammation |
-osis | Abnormal condition, disease |
-ostomy | The surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body |
-plasty | Surgical repair |
-rrhage | Bleeding abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
-rrhaphy | Surgical suturing |
-rhea | Flow or discharge |
-rrhexis | Rupture |
-sclerosis | Crooked back |
Aden/o- | Gland |
Adip/o- | Fat |
Anter/o- | Before, front |
Caud/o- | Lower part of the body,tail |
Cephal/o- | Head |
Cyt/o- | Cell |
Endo/o- | In within,inside |
Exo/o- | Out of, outside, away from |
Hits/o- | Tissue |
-ologist | Specialist |
-ology | The science or study of |
Path/o- | Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
-plasia | Development, growth, formation |
Poster/o- | Behind or back |
-stasis | Standing sill |
Ankyl/o- | Crooked, bent, stiff |
Arthr/o- | Joint |
Chondr/o- | Cartilage |
-algia | Pain,suffering,painful condition |
Dys- | Bad,difficult ,painful |
-ectomy | Surgical removal |
Hyper- | Excessive, increased |
Hypo- | Deficient, decreased |
-itis | Inflammation |
-osis | Abnormal condition, disease |
-ostomy | The surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body |
-plasty | Surgical repair |
-rrhage | Bleeding abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
-rrhaphy | Surgical suturing |
-rhea | Flow or discharge |
-rrhexis | Rupture |
-sclerosis | Crooked back |
Aden/o- | Gland |
Adip/o- | Fat |
Anter/o- | Before, front |
Caud/o- | Lower part of the body,tail |
Cephal/o- | Head |
Cyt/o- | Cell |
Endo/o- | In within,inside |
Exo/o- | Out of, outside, away from |
Hits/o- | Tissue |
-ologist | Specialist |
-ology | The science or study of |
Path/o- | Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
-plasia | Development, growth, formation |
Poster/o- | Behind or back |
-stasis | Standing sill |
Ankyl/o- | Crooked, bent, stiff |
Arthr/o- | Joint |
Chondr/o- | Cartilage |
Cost/o- | Rib |
Crani/o- | Skull |
-desis | To bind, tie together |
Kyph/o- | Bent, hump |
Lord/o- | Curved, sway back , bent |
-lysis | Breakdown, separation,setting free,destruction,loosening |
Myel/o- | Spinal cord, bone marrow |
Oss/e- | Bone |
Scoli/o- | Curved, bent |
Spondyl/o- | Vertebrae |
Synovi/o- | Synovial fluid,synovial membrane |
-um | Singular noun ending |
Bi- | Two |
-cele | Tumor,hernia, swelling |
Dys- | Difficult or painful |
Fasci/o- | Fascia. Fibrous band |
Fibr/o- | Fibron tissue, fiber |
-ia | Abnormal condition , disease |
-ic | Pertaining to |
Kines/o- | Motion |
My/o- | Muscle |
-plegia | Paralysis, stroke |
-rrhexis | Rupture |
Tax/o- | Coordination, order |
Ten/o- | Tendon,extend |
Ton/o- | Tension,toning , stretching |
Tri- | Three |
Caus/o- | Burning, burn |
Concuss/o- | Shaken together violently agitated |
Contus/o- | Bruise |
Encephal/o- | Brain |
-esthesia | Feeling, sensation |
Esthet/o- | Feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception |
-graphy | To take a picture or recording |
Klept/o- | To steal |
-mania | Obsessive, preoccupation |
Mening/o- | Meninges membrane |