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Quiz 1
Prefix Root Words and Suffix
Term | Definition |
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Suffix- itis | inflammation (ie; tonsilitisappendicitis) |
Suffix - osis | abnormal condition (ie: of blueness due to cold or low oxygen) |
Suffix -ectomy | to cut out (ie: to remove tonsillectomy) |
Suffix - otomy | to cut into, (ie: tracheotomy) |
Suffix -ostomy | to make a mouth (ie: colostomy, to make a permanent opening) |
a/an | none anemia (ie: literally no blood but means few red cells) |
micro | small microstomia (ie:abnormally small mouth) |
macro | large macrostomia (abnormally large mouth) |
mega/megaly | enlarges megacolon (ie;abnormally large colon = large intestine) |
-scopy/-scopic | to olook or observe (ie;colonoscopy) |
-graphy/-graph | recording an image (ie;mammography) |
-gram | the image (ie;mammogram) |
-ology/-ologist | study specialize (ie;cardiologist,nephrologist) |