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Combining Forms Practice Exercises
Combining Forms Practice Exercises
4. Word Building Using only the word parts in the lists provided, create medical terms to match the literal translations in the numbered list. Most of the terms have commonly used and more detailed medical definitions that may be different than the meaning of the combined word parts. Use a medical dictionary to determine if your terms are correct and to explore the commonly used meanings.
Prefixes
Combining Forms
Suffixes -al -ar -ary -dynia- -ectomy -graphy -lysis
hem/o neur/o phleb/o thromb/o vas/o vascul/o ventricul/o
-megaly -pathy -rrhaphy -stasis -tomy -uria
endo- intra-
angi/o arteri/o ather/o cardi/o derm/o electr/o hemat/o
macro- micro- peri-
1. small amount of blood in the urine
2. surgical removal of a vein
3. pertaining to within a ventricle
4. pain in the heart area
5. process of recording electricity of the heart
6. cutting into an artery
7. enlargement of the heart
8. cessation of bleeding
9. pertaining to large blood vessel
10. inflammation of an artery with a clot
11. hardening of the heart
12. electrical destruction of a nerve
13. disease of small vessels
14. surgical removal of thick, fatty (plaque)
15. pertaining to small blood vessels
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