Body Parts/Organs
This term means “stomach.”
What is gastr/o?
This prefix means “between” or “among.”
What is inter-?
This suffix means “abnormal condition” or “disease.”
What is -osis?
This root word means “blood.”
What is hem/o or hemat?
This term means study of the skin.
This term means "heart."
What is card/o or cardi/o?
This prefix means “under” or “below.”
What is hypo-?
This suffix means “surgical repair.”
What is -plasty?
This root means “lung.”
What is pulm/o or pulmon?
This term means high blood sugar.
What is hyperglycemia?
This term refers to “bone.”
What is oste/o?
This prefix means “two” or “double.”
What is bi-?
This suffix means “tumor” or “mass.”
What is -oma?
This root means “gray.”
What is poli/o?
This term means surgical removal of the appendix.
What is appendectomy?
This term means “brain.”
What is encephal/o or cerebr/o?
This prefix means “around” or “about.”
What is peri-?
This suffix means “to suture” or “stitch.”
What is -rrhaphy?
This root means “intestine.”
What is entero?
This term means inflammation of a joint.
This term means “liver.”
What is hepat/o?
This prefix means “self” or “own.”
What is auto-?
This suffix means “specialist” or “one who studies.”
What is -logist?
This root means “bone marrow.”
What is myel/o?
This term means disease of the heart muscle.
What is cardiomyopathy?