Medical Terminology Prefixes and Suffixes

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False (B)

chondr/o

<p>bone</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>cephal/o = head cost/o = rib ped/o, pod/o = foot thorac/o = chest</p> Signup and view all the answers

Inflammation of a joint.

Study of bones.

Surgical removal of a rib.

Pertaining to the head.

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Cell that forms cartilage.

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Combining Forms:
- arthr/o = joint
- chondr/o = cartilage
- cephal/o = head
- cost/o = rib
- crani/o = skull
- erythr/o = red
- hem/o = blood
- later/o = side
- orthr/o = straight/erect
- oste/o = bone
- ped/o, pod/o = foot
- thorac/o = chest
- trache/o = windpipe
Negative Prefixes:
- a-, an- = without/lacking
Directional Prefixes:
- ab- = away from
- ad- = towards
- trans- = across/over
Intensity Prefixes:
- hyper- = excessive
- hypo- = too little
Suffixes:
- -a, -ac, -al = pertaining to...
- -cyte = cell
- -ectomy = surgical removal
- -itis = inflammation
- -ology = study of
- -tomy = cutting/incision
- -trophy = nutrition