CCMA Review = Medical Terminology

Combining Forms

100

gastr/o

Stomach

200

hemat/o

Blood

300

stomat/o

Mouth

400

oste/o

Bone

500

myel/o

Spinal Cord

What Do I Mean?

100

Hematuria

Blood in the Urine

200

Nephrolithiasis

Kidney Stone

300

Myocarditis

Inflammation of the Heart Muscle

400

Cystitis

Inflammation of Bladder

500

Eupnea

Normal Breathing

Prefixes

100

a-

Without

200

tachy-

fast

300

sub-

Under; Below

400

dys-

Difficult; Painful

500

mal-

Bad

Suffixes

100

-logy

Study Of

200

-pathy

Disease

300

-scopy

Viewing

400

-oma

Tumor

500

-malacia

Softening

Misc

100

Abbreviation BID

Twice a day

200

Arthritis is inflammation of a ______

Joint

300

Prone means

Laying on Stomach

400

This involves tissue removal for examination

Biopsy

500

NPO Abbreaviation

Nothing By Mouth (Nil Per Os)