Prefixes, Suffixes & Roots

-cyte

• inflammation

• difficulty

• cell

• study of

ot/o

• brain

• heart

• teeth

• ear

brady-

• inflammation

• abnormally slow

• difficulty

• abnormally fast

-itis

• bad, poor

• study of

• instrument for examining

• breathing

cephal/o

• bad/poor

• pertaining to

• brain

• abnormally large

ophthalmoscope

• study of

• abnormally fast

• instrument for examining the interior of the eye

• instrument for examining the interior of the ear

dent/i, dent/o

• study of the brain

• study of the cell

• study of the bones

• study of the teeth

dys

• bad/poor

• difficulty

• slow

• fast

-oma

• fast

• slow

• tumor

• relief

mal

• inflammation

• bad, poor

• difficulty

• slow