Abbreviations l-z Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
-lepsy | seizure, convulsion |
-logy | study of, science of |
lymph- (o) | lymph tissue |
mal- | bad, abnormal, disordered, poor |
-megaly, mega- | large, enlarged |
micro- | small |
mono- | one, single |
-mortem | death |
multi- | many, much, a large amount |
my- (o) | muscle |
myel- (o) | bone marrow, spinal cord |
neuro- (o) | nerve, nervous system |
ocul- (o) | eye |
-ologist | person who does/studies |
-oma | tumor, a swelling |
-opia | vision |
-orrhea | flow, discharge |
orth- (o) | normal, straight |
ost- (e, eo) | bone |
-otomy | cutting into |
para- | near, beside, beyond, abnormal, lower half of the body |
path- (ia, o, y) | disease, abnormal, condition |
-penia | lack of, abnormal, reduction in number, deficiency |
-pepsia, -pepsis | digestion |
per- | through by, excessive |
peri- | around |
phleb- (o) | vein |
-phobia | fear |
-pnea | breathing |
poly- | many, much |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front of |
pro- | in front of, forward |
pseudo- | false |
psych- (i, o) | pertaining to the mind |
pulmon- (o) | lung |
pyr- (o) | heat, fever |
quad- (ra, ri) | four |
radi- (o) | X-rays, radiation |
re- | back, again |
recto- (o) | rectum |
retro- | backward, in back, behind |
-rrhagia | sudden or excessive flow |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture of, bursting |
sarc- (o) | malignant (cancer) connective tissue |
-sarcoma | tumor, cancer |
scler- (o) | hardening |
-scopy | observation |
-sect | cut |
semi- | half, part |
steno- | contracted, narrow |
sub- | less, under, below |
sup- (er, ra) | above, upon, over, higher in postion |
ten- (do, o) | tendon |
-therapy | treatment |
therm- (o,y) | heat |
thromb- (o) | clot, thrombus |
-tox (ic) | poison |
trach- (e, i, o) | trachea, windpipe |
tri- | three |
-trophy | nutrition, growth, development |
ultra- | beyond, excess |
uni- | one |
ur- (o) | urine, urinary tract |
-uria | urine |
vas- (o) | vessel, duct |
ven- (a) | vein |
vertebr- (o) | spine, vertebrae |
vit- (a) | necessary for life |
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