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Medical Terminology: Root Words

Combining Form, Suffix, Prefix & Meaning

Term	Definition
before birth	prenatal
causing disease	pathogenic
looking ahead and predicting outcome of disease	prognosis
red blood cell	erythrocyte
cell that gives skin color	melanocyte
doctor specializing in newborns	neonatologist
death of bone tissue	osteonecrosis
inflammation of nose/nasal passages	rhinitis
bone softening	osteomalacia
beginning in bone	osteogenic
after birtth	post natal
hot/fever/fire condition	pyrosis
beginning in heart	cardiogenic
inflammation of bone marrow	osteomyelitis
using knowledge determining type of disease	diagnosis
born with	congenital
around the time of birth	perinatal
heart burn	pyrosis
white blood cell	leukocyte
increase in white blood cells	leukocytosis
tissue around bone	periosteum
pus in skin	pyoderma
watery discharge of digestion	diarrhea
high blood pressure	hypertension
blue condition due to low oxygen	cyanosis
surgical repair of nose	rhinoplasty
runny nose	rhinorrhea

prenatal	Term: before birth	1	1	false
pathogenic	Term: causing disease	2	1	false
predicting	looking ahead and _____ outcome of disease	3	0	true
red blood cell	Definition: erythrocyte	4	0	false
melanocyte	Term: cell that gives skin color	5	1	false
neonatologist	Term: doctor specializing in newborns	6	1	false
osteonecrosis	Term: death of bone tissue	7	1	false
rhinitis	Term: inflammation of nose/nasal passages	8	1	false
bone softening	Definition: osteomalacia	9	0	false
beginning in bone	Definition: osteogenic	10	0	false
after birtth	Definition: post natal	11	0	false
pyrosis	Term: hot/fever/fire condition	12	1	false
cardiogenic	Term: beginning in heart	13	1	false
osteomyelitis	Term: inflammation of bone marrow	14	1	false
diagnosis	Term: using knowledge determining type of disease	15	1	false
congenital	Term: born with	16	1	false
perinatal	Term: around the time of birth	17	1	false
heart burn	Definition: pyrosis	18	0	false
leukocyte	Term: white blood cell	19	1	false
leukocytosis	Term: increase in white blood cells	20	1	false