Prefixes
Suffixes
Roots
Meaning
Miscellaneous
100

Brady-

Slow

100

-ic -al -ac -ical

Pertaining to

100

Gingiv/o

Gums

100

Denoting irregularities, abnormal

Anomoly

100

-Oma

Tumor or mass

200

Tachy-

Fast

200

-ist

A person who specializes in

200

Encephal/o

Brain

200

Fatty Tumor

Lipoma

200

Hemmorrhagic

Bloody discharge, bleeding

300

Hyper-

Excessive, Above, Raised, or Elevated

300

-logy

The study of

300

Crani/o

The head or skull

300

Removal of the ovaries AND uterus

Ovariohysterectomy

300

-oscopy

Visual Exam

400

Hypo-

Deficient, Below, or Lowered

400

-itis

inflammation

400

Arthr/o

Joints

400

Puncture or a bladder or cyst

Cystocentesis

400

Piloerection

Hair standing up

500

Ab- or An-

no, not

500

-ectomy

Excision (To cut out, remove)

500

Gastr/o

Stomach

500

False Pregnancy

Pseudopregnancy

500

Puncturing a vein (IV)

Venipuncture

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