Prefix
Suffix
Word Roots
Word Meaning
Miscellaneous
100
dys-
What is bad
100
-pepsia
What is digest
100
enter/o
What is small intestine
100
colonoscopy
What is visual examination of the colon
100
cec/o
What is cecum
200
ana-
What is up, apart, back
200
-lithiasis
What is presence of stones
200
esophag/o
What is esophagus
200
Cholelitis
What is presence of gallstones
200
-scopy
What is visual examination
300
tachy-
What is fast or rapid
300
-emesis
What is vommiting
300
gastr/o
What is stomach
300
anastomosis
What is opening up
300
chol/o
What is bite; gall
400
peri-
What is surrounding
400
-stomosis
What is new opening
400
laryng/o
What is larnyx
400
dyspepsia
What is bad digestion
400
dysphagia
What is painful eating
500
brady-
What is slow
500
-phagia
What is eating; surrounding
500
hemat/o
What is liver
500
eructation
What is belching or raising gas from stomach
500
emesis
What is vomiting
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