Prefixes
Combining Forms
Diseases
100

Slow

Brady

100

Lacrim/o

Tears 

100

Aneurysm 

Ballooning of a weakened portion of an arterial wall 

200

Under, Below

Sub

200

Kal/i

Potassium 

200

Glossitis 

Inflammation of the tongue 

300

Fast, Rapid

Tachy

300

What is the combining form for movement/motion? 

Kinesi/o

300

Otalgia 

Pain in the ear

400

Above

Supra 

400

What is the combining form for sensation, sensitivity, feeling?

Esthesi/o

400

Bursitis 

Inflammation of the bursa 

500

Together, Joined

Syn

500

Common bile duct?

Choledoch/o

500

Neuritis 

Inflammation of the nerve 

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