Prefix
Through
-ectomy
Removal
Nephr/o
Kidney
Anterior
Toward the front
•Invasion of body tissue by disease causing agents
Infectious
Brachy-
Short
-centesis
Surgical Puncture
Cephal/o
Head
Inferior
Below
Affects the mind of an individual and how they can adapt to their environment
Mental/Emotional
Supra-
On top/above
-penia
Deficiency
Myel/o
Bone Marrow
Dorsal
Back of Body
Abnormal chemical reactions in the body
Metabolic
Ab-
Away from
-osis
Condition
Hepat/o
Liver
Proximal
Near the point of attachment / Close to the trunk
Abnormal or uncontrolled growth of new tissue
Neoplastic
Dys-
Difficult/Pain
-crine
To secrete
Spondyl/o
Vertebrae
Visceral
Within a cavity
Wear and tear or breakdown
Degenerative