Word Elements from Chapter XXIII

Identify the correct meaning for each word element, or vice versa. Then click "Proceed" to check your answer. Click "Proceed" again to move to the next entry. If you know an entry so well that you would like it removed from the stack for the remainder of your study session, perform a term-ectomy and proceed to the next one. All cards are returned to the stack and randomized upon each visit to this page.

-ectomy	cutting out, removal
-graphy	writing, imaging
-logy	study or science of
-nomy	study or science of
-pathy	disease, disorder, feeling
-plasty	shaping, reconstruction
-stomy	cutting of an opening or mouth
-therapy	treatment
-tomy	cutting
-trophy	nourishment
angi-	vessel
antr-	cavity
blephar-	eyelid
cac-	bad
cheil-	lip
enter-	intestine
heli-	sun
ker-, kerat-	horn, cornea
lept-	thin, delicate
lymph-	water, lymph
nyct-	night
onc-	tumor, swelling
ophthalm-	eye
osm-	smell
ost-, oste-	bone
phleb-	vein
phon-	sound, voice
proct-	anus, rectum
pyl-, pyle-, pylor-	gate, entrance, lower stomach
pyr-, pyret-	fire, fever
rhin-, -rrhin-	nose
salpinx, salping-	tube
splen-	spleen
tac-, tax-	to order, to arrange
tele-	from far away, at a distance
trach-	rough, windpipe