Prefix
Root Word
Suffix
Medical Terminology
Medical Procedures
100

pre

before

100

nephro

kidney

100

al

pertaining to

100

epidemiologist

a person who study epidemics

100

angiography

image of the inside of a blood vessel
200

endo

inside

200

hepato

liver

200

itis

inflammation of

200

prenatal

time before birth

200

nephrectomy

Surgical removal of a kidney.

300

intra

within

300

cardio

heart

300

path/o

disease of

300

periosteum

layer around the bone.

300

electrocardiogram

recording of the heart electrical current

400

inter

between

400

neuro

nerve

400

emia

blood

400

gastroenteritis

inflammation the stomach and small intestine

400

craniotomy

incision into the skull

500

peri

around

500

gastro

stomach

500

ologist

specialist (person who study)

500

pneumonitis

inflammation of the lungs.

500

mastectomy

surgical removal of the breast