Prefix/Suffix
Combining Form
Words
Abreviations
Pathology
100
poly
What is much?
100
ophthalm/o
What is eye?
100
Pathologist
What is specialist in the study of disease?
100
MI
What is myocardial infarction?
100
enlarged liver
What is hepatomegaly?
200
-oma
What is tumor?
200
peritone/o
What is peritoneum?
200
Cholecystitis
What is inflammation of the gall bladder?
200
VS
What is Vital Signs?
200
Narrowing or stricture of the ureter
What is ureterostenosis?
300
-phagia
What is eating swallowing?
300
sial/o
What is saliva?
300
Angioedema
What is swelling of a vessel?
300
EENT
What is eyes, ears, nose, and throat?
300
condition where air is collected in pleural space
What is Pneumothorax?
400
supra-
What is excessive, above?
400
or/o
What is mouth?
400
Radiculoma
What is tumor of the nerve root?
400
BMR
What is basal metabolic rate?
400
Fibrulation
What is abnormal quivering of the heart muscle fibers?
500
-salpinx
What is tube (eustachian or fallopian usually)
500
lapar/o
What is abdomen?
500
Lymphadenectasis
What is dialation of a lymph gland?
500
PT
What is Prothrombin Time?
500
a feeling of spinning
What is Vertigo?
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