Definitions - 2
Combining
form:
Root
word plus appropriate combining vowel:
Arthr/o
Bi/o
= life
= joint
Dermat/o
= skin
Derm/o
Suffixes:
Always come after word root and qualify the term as a condition, procedure, or
symptom.
algia
= pain
dynia
= pain
rrhexis
= skin
= rupture