Medical Terminology
combining vowel - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔connects roots to suffixes and roots to
other roots. Used to ensure the ease of pronunciation.
prefix - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a syllable or word that comes before a root word to
change its meaning
root word - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔main part of a word
suffix - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔word ending
a/an - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔not, without, lacking, deficient
-algia - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔pain
dys- - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔painful, difficult
, hypo- - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔under, below
hyper- - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔excessive, over, above, high
my-, myo- - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔muscle
-pnea - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔breathing
cardi/o - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔heart
post - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔after
mal - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔bad, evil
malignant - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔cancerous
colp/o - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔vagina
col - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔colon
-scopy - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔process of viewing
-ostomy - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔create an opening
-otomy - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔cutting into
-ology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔study of
combining vowel - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔connects roots to suffixes and roots to
other roots. Used to ensure the ease of pronunciation.
prefix - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a syllable or word that comes before a root word to
change its meaning
root word - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔main part of a word
suffix - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔word ending
a/an - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔not, without, lacking, deficient
-algia - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔pain
dys- - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔painful, difficult
, hypo- - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔under, below
hyper- - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔excessive, over, above, high
my-, myo- - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔muscle
-pnea - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔breathing
cardi/o - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔heart
post - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔after
mal - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔bad, evil
malignant - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔cancerous
colp/o - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔vagina
col - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔colon
-scopy - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔process of viewing
-ostomy - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔create an opening
-otomy - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔cutting into
-ology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔study of
