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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 |