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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) prefix-

,

(b) word root

,

(c) -suffix

• changes the meaning of the word

• can be compound

• modifies the word

• can indicate condition or procedure

• can indicate number or position

• identified with a "/o "

A word root + a combining vowel is the definition of a _____

• Word root link

• Combining form

• Vowel modifier

• suffix

• Prefix

The most common combining vowel is:

• "o"

• "a"

• "e"

• "i"

• "u"

Match the following

• without

• poly

• bone

• oste

• many

• dors

• back

• epi

• above

• a-

Match the following suffixes

• surgical puncture

• -sclerosis

• disease

• -centesis

• study of

• -pathy

• hardening

• -ectomy

• removal

• -ology

Match the following root words.

• brain

• rhino-

• straighten

• encephal-

• nose

• hepat-

• liver

• ortho-