BODY PARTS
DIAGNOSTIC, SYMPTOMATIC, AND RELATED
ORGANS
PREFIX
SUFFIX
100

Medical term for "neck"

cervic-

100

Medical term for "pain"

-algia

100

Medical term for "stomach"

gastr-

100

Medical term for "absence of"

a/an-

100

Medical term for "surgical removal"

-ectomy

200

Medical term for "nose"

rhin-

200

Medical term for "inflammation"

-itis

200

Medical term for "skin"

dermat-, derm-, cutane/o

200

Medical term for "self"

auto-

200

Medical term for "tumor"

-oma

300

Medical term for "head"

cephal-

300

Medical term for "disease"

-pathy

300

Medical term for "heart"

cardi/o-

300

Medical term for "below, under"

hypo-

300

Medical term for "surgical repair"

-plasty

400

Medical term for "tongue"

lingua-

400

Medical term for "condition"

-osis or -iasis

400

Medical term for "lung"

pneum- or pulmo-

400

Medical term for "excessive"

super-

400

Medical term for "destruction of"

-lysis

500

Medical term for "mouth"

or-, stomat-

500

Medical term for "vomiting"

-emesis

500

Medical term for "brain"

encephal-

500

Medical term for "toward or in the direction of"

ad-

500

Medical term for "discharge"

-rrhea

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