Prefix
Suffix
Root
Specialty
Misc.
100

bi-

What is two or both?

100

-algia

What is the condition of pain?

100

aden/o

What is gland?
100
Study of the mind and mental disorders

What is psychology?

100

BSC

What is Bryant & Stratton College

200

dys-

What is bad, painful, difficult, abnormal?

200

-itis

What is inflammation?

200

cephal/o

What is head?

200

Study of women and women's diseases

What is gynecology?

200

malignant

What is cancerous?

300

retro-

What is behind?

300

-globin

What is protein?

300

erythr/o

What is red?

300

Study of the endocrine glands

What is endocrinology?

300

postpartum

What is after birth?

400

a-, an-,

no, not

400

-scope

What is an instrument to visually examine?

400

gnos/o

What is knowledge?

400

Study of the eye

What is ophthalmology?

400

incision of a vein

What is phlebotomy?

500

endo-

What is within?

500

-tomy

What is the process of cutting into?

500

rhin/o

What is nose?

500

Study of the blood

What is hematology?

500

Pericardium

What is the membrane surrounding the heart?