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Use the elements listed in the table to build medical words. You may use the elements more than once.
Combining Forms | Suffixes | Prefixes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
abdomin/o | eti/o | -al | -megaly | dia- |
cirrh/o | gastr/o | -algia | -meter | infra- |
cost/o | leuk/o | -gnosis | -oma | super- |
crani/o | melan/o | -graphy | -osis | trans- |
cyt/o | son/o | -ior | -plasty | |
dors/o | -logy | -rrhea | ||
erythr/o | -lysis |
study of the cause (of disease) _____________
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1 of 3The combining form eti/o indicates the cause. Etiology is a study of a disease's cause. The term also contains a suffix -logy which refers to a study.
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