Prefixes
sub-
What is below?
In-
What is in or into?
-logy
What is "the study of"?
-ia
What is a condition?
hemat/o
What is the blood?
Cardi
What is the heart?
appendicitis
What is inflammation of the appendix?
trans-
What is pertaining to across?
Describes in between.
What Inter-?
-ic, -al, -eal, -ar, -ary
What is pertaining to?
Describes a protein.
What is -globin?
/o
What is the most common combining vowel
Electr
What is Electricity
cardiomyopathy
What are diseases of the heart?
retro-
What is pertaining to behind?
ad-
What is toward the midline?
-scope
What is a visual examination instrument?
-gram
What is a record
crani/o
What is the cranium or skull?
Hemat
What is the blood?
laparoscopy
What is the use of a viewing instrument inserted into the abdomen?
a-
What is a "no"?
Away from.
What is Ab-?
A disease condition is described with this suffix.
-pathy
Describes the excessive discharge of blood.
What is -rrhagia or -rrhage?
nephr/o
What is the combining form for kidneys?
Nephr
What is the kidney?
arthrogram
What is a medical imaging procedure used to examine joints?
an-
What is "not" ?
epi-
What is above or upon?
-algia
What is pain?
-graphy
What is the process of recording?
gastr/o/enter/o
What is stomach and intestines?
Is the essential meaning of the word
What is the root?
neuralgia
What is nerve pain?
aut-
What is self?
Means bad or painful.
What is Mal-?
-cyte
What is a cell?
-lysis
What is the destruction, breakdown or separation of?
It is usually dropped when the suffix begins with this.
what is a vowel?
Leuk
What are white blood cells?
cephalgia
What is a headache?
dia-
What is complete or through?
pre-
What is before?
-ectomy
What is cutting out, removal or excision?
-uria
What is a condition of the urine?
cepha/o
What is the head?
Ren
what is the kidney?
arthritis
What is inflammation of the joints
dys-
What is bad, painful, difficult or abnormal?
post-
What is behind or after?
-emia
What is a blood condition?
A surgical procedure or puncture to remove fluid.
What is -centesis
inter/o
What is intestines?
Lapar
What is the abdomen?
electrocardiogram
What is an EKC or ECG
endo-
what is within, in or inner?
Describes something that is outside of.
What is Ex- or Extra-?
-tomy
What is an incision?
-megaly
What is enlargement of?
carp/o
What are the carpals (wrist bones)?
Mamm
What is the breast?
cephalalgia
What is a headache?
hypo-
What is under or below?
re-, retro-
What is after or behind?
-itis
What is inflammation
-sclerosis
What is hardening of?
derm/o
What is the skin?
Necr
What is death of the cell or body?
gastroenterology
What is the study of the stomach and intestines?
pro-
What is forward?
Describes something that comes before or is forward.
What is Ante-?
What is a tumor?
-therapy
What is treatment of?
bi/o
What is life?
Ur
What is urine? ex: urologist
ophthalmalgia
What is pain in the eye?
intra-
What is within?
tachy-
What is fast?
-osis
What is an abnormal condition?
-stomy
What is a new opening?
The combining form for cell.
What is Cyt/o?
Thorac
What is the thorax or chest?
fracture
What is a broken bone?
Describes excessive, too much or above.
What is Hyper-?
Describes slow movement.
What is Brady-?
-scopy
What is a visual examination of?
-plasty
What is a surgical repair or correction?
Describes a gland.
What is Aden/o?
Spir
What is breathe or breathing?
esophagogastroscopy
What is a visual examination of the esophagus and stomach?
peri-
What is surrounding or outer?
meso-
What is middle of?
Describes producing, originating or causing.
What is -genic?
Describes a malignant tumor.
What is a -sarcoma?
vir/o
What is virus?
Sarc
What is flesh or connective tissue?
cytology
What is the study of the cell?
ecto-
What is outside of?
pachy-
What is thick?
-opsy
What is to view?
-plasia
What is a formation, development or growth?
tympan/o
What is the eardrum or middle ear?
Ungu
What is the nail?
endocarditis
What is inflammation of the inner lining of the heart?