Common Prefixes
Common Suffixes
Common Combining Forms
Medical Record Terms
Breakdown
100

Meaning of a-

What is without?

100

Meaning of -ium

What is structure or tissue?

100

Meaning of cardi/o

What is heart?

100

Meaning of 'Dx'

What is diagnosis?

100

Arthritis

What is inflammation of the joints?
200

Meaning of meso-

What is middle?

200

The suffix of 'erythrocyte' and its meaning

What is -cyte and cell?

200

Combining form of 'origin or production'

What is gen/o?

200

Abbreviation of 'symptom'

What is Sx?

200

Colonoscopy

What is the process of examination of the colon

300

Two prefixes that mean 'many'

What is multi- and poly-?

300

Two suffixes that mean 'pain'

What is -algia and -dynia?

300

Meaning of esthesi/o

What is sensation?

300

Meaning of 'UCHD'

What is usual childhood diseases?

300

Carcinogenic

What is pertaining to the generation of cancer?
400

Three prefixes that mean 'before'

What is ante-, pre-, and pro-?

400

The suffix of 'myorrhaphy' and its meaning

What is -rrhapy and suture?

400

Three combining forms that mean 'vessel'

What is angi/o, vas/o, and vascul/o?

400
Meaning of 'SOAP'

What is Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan?

400

Atrophy

What is the condition of being without development?

500

Three prefixes that mean 'outside'

What is ecto-, exo-, and extra-?

500

Two suffixes that mean 'excessive discharge'

What is -rrhage and -rrhagia?

500

The meaning of the root(s) in psychopath

What is mind and disease?

500

Meaning of 'PERRLA'

What is pupils equal, round and reactive to light and accommodation?

500

Otorhinolaryngology

What is the study of the ear, nose, and throat?