Prefixes
Suffixes
Combining Forms
Directional Terms
Colors CFs
100

above, upon

epi-

100

surgical removal

-ectomy

100

nephr/o

kidney

100

back (of body)

dorsal

100

blue

cyan/o

200

intra-

in, within

200

vomiting

-emesis


200

oste/o

bone

200

nearer to the center or point of attachment to the body

proximal

200

albin/o

white

300

deficient

hypo-

300

abnormal condition

-osis

300

head

cephal/o

300

pertaining to the side

lateral

300

cirrh/o, jaund/o

yellow

400

good, normal

eu-

400

paralysis

-plegia

400

mouth

stomat/o

400

turning outward

eversion

400

black

melan/o

500

near, beside

para-

500

narrowing, stricture

-stenosis

500

tail

caud/o

500

pertaining to the sole of the foot

plantar

500

color

chrom/o