prefixes
suffixes
abbreviations
Combining Forms
Medical Words
100
Dys-
What is Difficult, painful, or bad
100
-ctye
What is cell
100
OTC
What is over the counter
100
cutane/o
What is "pertaining to" skin
100
cutaneous
What is pertaining to the skin
200
Neo-
What is New
200
-sclerosis
What is hardening
200
c/o
What is complains of
200
necr/o
What is dead
200
etiology
What is study of causes
300
Post-
What is after
300
-cele
What is hernia
300
ADLs
what is activities of daily living
300
leuk/o
What is white
300
cyanosis
What is abnormal condition of blueness
400
Inter-
What is between
400
-emia
What is a condition of the blood
400
CC
What is chief complaint
400
cirrh/o
What is yellow
400
melanoma
What is black tumor
500
Poly-
What is much
500
-ptosis
What is drooping or prolapse
500
AMA
What is Against Medical Advise
500
erythr/o or eyrthem/o
What is red
500
angioedema
What is swelling of a vessel
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