Suffixes and Combos. Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
-itis | inflammation |
-emia | condition of blood |
-pathy | disease process |
-osis | degenerative or abnormal condition |
-oma | swelling or tumor |
-stomy | new opening |
-opsy | to view |
-scope | instrument to examine |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-ectomy | to cut out or remove |
-algia | pain |
-blast | early stage |
-cyte | cell |
-genesis | formation or production |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument to record |
lapar/o | abdomen |
aden/o | gland |
cephal/o | head |
hem/o or hemat/o | blood |
-philia | too many |
peri- | around |
hyper- | too many, much |
endo- | inside |
oligo- | too little |
lip/steat/adip/o | fat |
hydr/o | water |
necr/o | death |
path/o | disease |
phob/ | fear |
py/o | pus |
tox/o or toxic/o | poison |
derm/o | skin |
arthr/o | joint |
oste/o | bone |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | bone marrow |
cervic/o | neck |
ophthalm/o | eye |
hepat/o | liver |
odont/o | tooth |
stomat/stoma | mouth |
rhin/o or nas/o | nose |
nephr/o or ren/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
esophag/o | esophagus |
a-,an- | absence of |
anti- | opposite of opposed |
contra- | against |
de- | away from, cessation |
dis- | separation, take apart |
dys- | bad or difficult |
un- | one |
cyan/o | blue |
erythr/o | red |
leuk/o | white |
melan/o | black |
polio- | grey |
xanth/o | yellow |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
dia- | through, during, across, |
ex-, ec-, ef- | out away from |
per- | through |
retro- | posterior |
sub- | below |
trans- | across |
pan- | all, complete |
super- | above, in excess |
ultra- | beyond, excessive |
auto- | self |
eu- | true, good, well |
hetero- | different |
homo- or homeo- | same |
iso- | equal |
macro- | large |
mega-, megalo | enlargement |
micro- | small |
neo- | new |
normo- | normal |
orthro- | straight, or correct |
poikilo- | irregular |
pseudo- | false or fake |
brady- | slow |
tachy- | fast |
lepto- | slender, light |
pachy- | thick |
re- | again, backward |
ante- | in front of, |
ana- | back, again, up |
pre- | before |
pro- | before |
post- | after, behind |
dextro- | right side |
sinistro- | left |
epi- | outside of, upon |
infra- | below |
inter- | between, among |
mes/o | middle |
meta- | after or behind |
para- | along side |
peri- | around |
syn-, sym- | likeness, together |
tel/e, tel/o | distance |
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