This chart lists some common word parts used in
medical terms.
Which term means "fast heart rate"?
Prefixes
Root Words
Suffixes
O precardiac
O cardialgia
O tachycardia
O cardiogram
pre - before
arthr(o) -joint -osis -
abnormal
condition
hyper-above oste(o) - bone gram - image
or above
normal
tachy - fast
cardi(o) - heart
-algia - pain