Segment, define, and construct medical terms using the combining forms bio- (bi/o), cyt/o-, pariet/o-, path/o-, ser/o-, viscer/o-, aut/o-, later/o-, and medi/o-, applying combining-vowel rules where appropriate.

Decode and construct medical terms using the prefixes anti-, brady-, circum-, dys-, endo-, epi-, hemi-, hyper-, hypo-, inter-, intra-, mono-, peri-, post-, pre-, retro-, semi-, sub-, and trans-.

Interpret and construct medical terms containing the descriptive or condition-related suffixes -ac, -al, -ous, -algia, -emia, -genic, -ism, -itis, -megaly, -oma, -osis, -pathy, and -phobia.

Interpret medical terms containing -ase, -cide, -ectomy, -ologist, -ology, -ostomy, -otomy, -plasty, and -scope, distinguishing commonly confused specialty, instrument, and procedure endings.