Medical Terminology
the combining form that means fat is
adip/o
a prefix that means against is
anti-
a prefix that means self is
auto-
a prefix that means two is
bi-
the combining form that means life is
bi/o
the combining form that means arm is
brachi/o
a prefix that means slow is
brady-
the combining form that means cancer is
carcin/o
the combining form that means heart is
cardi/o
the combining form that means tail is
caud/o
the combining form that means head is
cephal/o
a combining form that means neck is
cervic/o
the combining form that means chemical is
chem/o
the combining form that means cartilage is
chondr/o
the combining form that means to cut is
cis/o
the combining form that means skull is
crani/o
the combining form that means to secrete is
crin/o
the combining form that means leg is
crur/o
the combining form that means skin is
dermat/o
a prefix that means painful or difficult is
dys-
a prefix that means within or inner is
endo-
the combining form that means small intestine is
enter/o
a prefix that means above is
epi-
a prrefix that means normal is
eu-
a prefix that means outward is
ex-
the combining form that means stomach is
gastr/o
the combining form that means buttock is
glute/o
the combining form that means female is
gynec/o
the combining form that means blood is
hemat/o
a prefix that means different is
hetero-
a combining form that means tissue is
hist/o
a prefix that means same is
homo-
the combinging form that means immunity is
immun/o
a prefix that means between is
inter-
a prefix that means within is
intra-; endo-
the combining form that means voice box is
laryng/o
the combining form that means side is
later/o
a prefix that means large is
macro-
the combining form that means middle is
medi/o
a prefix that means small is
micro-
the combining form that means muscle is
muscul/o
a prefix that means new is
neo-
the combining form that means kidney is
nephr/o
the combining form that means nerve is
neur/o
a prefix that means none is
nulli-
a combining form that means eye is
ophthalm/o
the combining form that means ear is
ot/o
a prefix that means all is
pan-
the combining form that means disease is
path/o
the combining form that means pelvis is
pelv/o
the combining form that means peritoneum
peritone/o
the combining form that means pleura is
pleur/o
a prefix that means after is
post-
what type of information is provided by a suffix
procedure
a prefix that means false is
pseudo-
the combining form that means genital region is
pub/o
the combining form that means lung is
pulmon/o
the combining form that means nose is
rhin/o
the combining form that means spine is
spin/o
a prefix that means fast is
tachy-
a prefix that means four is
tetra-; quadri
a combining form that means chest is
thorac/o
a prrefix that means across is
trans-
a prefix that means three is
tri-
the combining form that means vertebra is
vertebr/o
the combining form that means internal organ is
viscer/o
what medical terminology word part provides the general meaning of the word?
word root
a suffix that means pain is
-algia, -dynia
a suffix that means protrusion is
-cele
a suffix that means puncture to withdraw fluid is
-centesis
a suffix that means cell is
-cyte
a suffix that means dilation is
-ectasis
a suffix that means surgical removal is
-ectomy
a suffix that means record or picture is
-gram
a suffix that means process of recording is
-graphy
a suffix that means inflammation is
-itis
a suffix that means one who studies is
-logist
a suffix that means study of is
-logy
a suffix that means destruction is
-lytic
a suffix that means abnormal softening is
-malacia
a suffix that means enlarged is
-megaly
a suffix that means instrument for measuring is
-meter
a suffix that means process of measuring is
-metry
a suffix that means tumor or mass is
-oma
a suffix that means surgically create an opening is
-ostomy
a suffix that means cutting into is
-otomy
a suffix that means disease is
-pathy
a suffix that means surgical fixation is
-pexy
a suffix that means surgical repair is
-plasty
a suffix that means drooping
-ptosis
a suffix that means suture is
-rrhaphy
a suffix that means rupture is
-rrhexis
a suffix that means hardening is
-sclerosis
a suffix that means instrument for viewing is
-scope
a suffix that means pertaining to visually examining is
-scopic
a suffix that means process of visually examining is
-scopy
a suffix that means narrowing is
-stenosis
a suffix that means treatment is
-therapy
the combining form that means abdomen is
abdomin/o
a medical term that means pertaining to the abdomen is
abdominal