-logy Study of Physiology -clasis, -clasia, -clast Braking Karyoclasis Mary is a great tennis player. malpractice, malfunction, malnourished, malnutrition I couldnt complete the work because laser cutting machine malfunctioned. Same, Unchanging Homothermic displacement Combining Forms Pertaining to Physical Factors semicircle, semi-darkness, semi-detached, semi-literate, semi-professional They left the restaurant in semi-darkness. Surgical errors -ectasis, -ectasy For longer words ending in -l you should also double the consonant, e.g. scler/o Hard Sclerosis defined as stability or equilibrium of a system or the body's internal environment? kal/i Potassium (K+ Prefixes are added at the beginning of words to change their meaning: dis-trust, im-mature, counter-productive. Olig/o- Few Oligospermia antiseptic, anti-climax, antifreeze, antibiotic, antibody, anticlockwise The atheletes ran around the track in an anticlockwise direction. -stasis Suppression, stoppage Menostasis ferr/o(i) Iron Ferric Unfortunately, the cancer medicine was ineffective. MED CH.2, Medical Terminology, MED TERMINOLOGY CH.3 What color is an erythrocyte? Four band of fibrous tissue connecting two structures? Ab- Away from Abnormal Prefix Meaning Example Suffixes enable root words to change in different ways in order to form different classes of word. In this study guide, you will learn about these adverbs through real examples. The term ____ medicine is the likelihood of a disease or disorder being present or occurring in the future. Dys Dis Dystrophy Un Not Unconscious kine, kinesi/o Root: central part of a word. Poikilo- Varied, irregular Poikiloderma a-, an- Not, without, lack of, absence Apnea nucleotides are arranged in 2 strands to form a spiral called a double, a structure composed of several tissues that work together to carry out specific functions, The major organ of the cardiovascular system is, examples of normal and abnormal biological mutations, The picture of the human chromosomes lined in pairs is called a, karyotype -ur -ora Femur Femora She is really adventurous. Which suffixes denote a condition or disease. extracurricular, extracellular, extraordinary Her journey across the world was extraordinary. Dilation Bronchiectasis She is semi-professional. His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.
hypotension prefix and suffix