Definitions
Medical Word Roots
Medical Prefixes
Medical Suffixes
Abbreviations
100
combining form
a word root combined with a vowel
100
Clot
Thromb
100
without
a, an, ar
100
inflammation
itis
100
white blood cell
WBC, wbc
200
Prefix
a word element that precedes a word root and modifies its meaning by adding information, such as presence or absence, location, number, or size.
200
Skin
Cutane
200
after
Post
200
specialist in the study of
logist
200
phenylketonuria
PKU
300
Combining Vowel
a vowel that is added between two word roots or a word root and a suffix to make pronunciation easier.
300
Intestines
Enter
300
many, much
Poly
300
surgical puncture to remove a fluid
centesis
300
glucose tolerance test
GTT
400
Suffix
a word ending that comes after a word root and either changes or adds to the meaning of the word root.
400
Vein
Phelb
400
rapid
tachy
400
one who specializes in
ist
400
immediately
STAT, stat
500
Word Root
the part of a medical term that establishes its basic meaning and the foundation upon which the true meaning is built.
500
air, lung
Pneumon
500
again, upward, back
ana
500
excess/ abnormal flow
rrhage
500
hemoglobin and hematocrit
HH
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