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Comes before a word root and modifies its meaning.
Suffix
Establishes the basic meaning of a medical term.
Word Root
Follows a word root and adds to or changes the meaning.
Prefix
Makes pronunciation easier.
Combining Vowel
Word root joined with a vowel.
Combining Form
Cartilage
Chondr
Cold
Cry
Cell
Cyt
Sugar
Glyc
Blood
Hemat
Fat
Lip
Muscle
My
Clot
Thromb
Kidney
Ren
Hard
Scler
Without
A-
Slow
Brady-
Over
Epi-
Same
Homeo-
Within
Intra-
Large
Macro-
New
Neo-
Through
Per-
Many
Poly-
Three
Tri-
Incision
-tomy
Stopping
-stasis
Deficiency
-penia
Measuring Instrument
-meter
Breakdown
-lysis
Inflammation
-itis
Condition or State of
-ism
Pertaining to
-ic
Blood Condition
-emia
Pain
-algia
Study of disease.
Pathology
Breakdown of sugar.
Glycolysis
Pertaining to fat.
Adipose
Beneath the skin.
Subcutaneous
Difficult breathing.
Dyspnea
Pertaining to the kidneys.
Renal
Outside the blood vessels.
Extravascular
A small cell.
Microcyte
Intestinal inflammation
Enteritis
Pertaining to being hard.
Sclerotic
Head
Cephal
Plural form for ovum.
Ova
Singular form for atria.
Atrium
Small vein.
Venule
Kidney Inflammation.
Nephritis
ESR stands for?
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
RBC stands for?
Red Blood Cell
PPD stands for?
Purified Protein Derivative
On the Joint Commission's current "Do Not Use" List.
PCO2