Word Roots
Combining Forms
Prefixes
Suffixes
Medical Terms
100
Disease
What is path?
100
Lumbar
What is lumb/o?
100
Half
What is hemi-?
100
Study of
What is -logy?
100
Inflammation of the stomach
What is gastritis?
200
White
What is leuk?
200
Kidney
What is nephr/o?
200
Slow
What is brady-?
200
Incision or cutting into
What is -tomy?
200
Cancerous tumor or mass
What is carcinoma?
300
Side
What is later?
300
Head
What is cephal/o?
300
Upon, on or above
What is epi-?
300
Blood condition
What is -emia?
300
Enlargement of the spleen
What is splenomegaly?
400
Nose
What is rhin?
400
Red
What is erythr/o?
400
Before or forward
What is ante-?
400
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
What is -centesis?
400
Herniation or protrusion of the urinary bladder
What is cystocele?
500
Belly side of body
What is ventr?
500
Internal organs
What is viscer/o?
500
Change
What is meta-?
500
Drooping, sagging or prolapse
What is -ptosis?
500
A joint where bony surfaces are joined together by cartilage.
What is symphysis?
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