Prefix
Dys-
What is difficult/abnormal
-itis
What is inflammation
Quadri
What is four
Erythro
What is red
Tachycardia
What is fast heart rate
medial
closest to midline
Hyper-
What is fast/excessive
-ology
The study of
Bi
What is two
What is blue
Appendicitis
What is inflammation of the appendix
superior
what is closest to the head/top
para
what is near beside beyond
-pathy
what is disease
nona-
what is 9
chlor
what is green
hepatomegaly
what is enlarged liver
palmer
what is palm of hands
Hepat/o
What is the liver
What is condition
Olig/o
What is few/little
Jaundice
What is yellow
Periorbital ecchymosis
What is a black eye
ventral
what is front surface of body
Neur/o
What is nerve
-uria
What is in the urine
micro
What is small
Melan/o
What is black
Hypoglycemia
What is low blood sugar
distal
what is furthest from attachment
Brady-
What is slow
-oma
What is tumor
Poly
What is many/ excessive
Leuk/o
What is white
superficial
what is closest to surface
endo
what is within
-algia
what is pain
dipl-
what is double or 2
cirrh/o
what is yellow-orange
ipsilateral
what is on or affecting same side
fowlers
what is 90 degrees
ecto-
what is out, outside
-ic
what is pertaining to
multi-
alot excessive
alb
what is white
adduction
to or toward
supine
what is on the back position