Read the directions for both pages before doing anything. After you have read the directions, copy each question
as is into your spiral. Be sure that you are doing all the parts of each word. Make sure you update your table of
content in your spiral. Title of these pages: Basic Word Building Practice
Word Building Practice
Directions: After each word part, write out its meaning. Then on the blank line,
combine the word parts into a single word and write out its meaning.
1. gastr/o
-algia
2. gynec/o
-logy
3. nephr/o
-megaly
4. pancardi/o
-itis
5. dys-plasia
Directions: Break down each term into its word parts. Then write out the meaning of each
word part. Finally, write out the meaning of the entire word.
6. rhinorrhea
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7. carcinogenic
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8. otoscope
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9. hypertrophy
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10. epigastric
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