Terminology
Body Part
Suffixes
Prefixes
Combining Form
100

oncologist

specialist in the study of tumors

100

renal

kidneys, anything pertaining to the kidneys

100
cyte

cell

100

endo

within

100
Arthr/o

joint

200

leukocyte

white blood cells

200

sarcoma

flesh tissue; tumor (malignant or cancerous) of flesh tissue

200

ia

condition

200

exo

out, outside


200

carcin/o

cancer, cancerous

300

hypothyroidism

enlarged thyroid

300

ophthalmoscope

eye: instrument to visually examine the eye

300

oma

tumor, mass

300

hyper

excessive, more than normal, too much

300

encephal/o

brain

400

thrombosis

abnormal condition of clotting (occuring in blood vessel)

400

osteotomy

bone: incision (to cut into, section) of a bone

400

scopy

process of visual examination

400

peri

surrounding

400

nephr/o

kidney

500

prognosis

prediction of the outcome of an illness or treatment

500

neuritis

nerve: inflammation of a nerve

500

osis

abnormal condition

500

sub

below, under

500

oste/o

bone

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