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Chapters 1-3 *
Prefix, combing,suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hyper- | Excessive |
| glyc/o | Sugar |
| -emia | A blood condition |
| Hypo- | Under (Deficiency) |
| derm/o | The skin |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| Echo- | Using sound |
| cardi/o | The heart |
| -gram | A record |
| Bi- | Two |
| later/o | Side(s) |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| Echo- | Using Sound |
| Cardi/o | The heart |
| -graphy | The process of recording |
| -graph | The machine used to record |
| Electo- | The electrical activity |
| -gram | A record |
| -graph | The machine used to record |
| -graphy | The process of recording |
| Micro- | Small |
| bi/o | Life |
| -logy | The study of |
| -ist | A specialist |
| Supra- | Above |
| ren/o | Kidney |
| epi- | Above |
| gastr/o | Stomach |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| lith/o | stone(s) |
| -iasis | Abnormal condition |
| thromb/o | Clot |
| cyt/o | Cell(s) |
| -osis | Abnormal condition |
| Pre- | Before |
| nat/i | Birth |
| Post- | After |
| prandi/o | meals |
| Sub- | Under |
| Nas/o | The nose |
| A- | No |
| men/o | Menstrual |
| -rrhea | Flow |
| Intra- | Within |
| muscul/o | A muscle |
| -ar | Pertaining to |
| Inter- | Between |
| vertebr/o | The vertebrae AKA (The spinal column) |
| Endo- | Within |
| trache/o | The trachea AKA (Wind pipe) |
| Retro- | Behind |
| stern/o | The Sternum AKA (Brest Bone) |
| Trans- | Across or through |
| urethr/o | The urethra (The tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside world.) |
| Anti- | Against |
| Micro- | Small |
| Bi/o | Life |
| bacteri/o | Bacteria |
| Leuko- | White |
| cyt/o | cell(s) |
| -penia | A deficiency |
| vascul/o | blood vessels |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| Multi- | Many |
| para | live (viable) births AKA Living births |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| arthr/o | A joint |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture |
| Colon/o | The Colon |
| -scope | a usually lighted instrument used to view |