Combining Forms
Prefixes
Suffixes
Vocabulary & Abbreviations
Miscellaneous
100

Kidney

What is nephr/o?

100

Above

What is epi-?

100

-logy

What is study of?

100

Lying on your back

What is supine?

100

Study of movement

What is kinesiology?

200

White

What is leuk/o?

200

Before

What is pre- / ante?

200
-itis

What is inflammation of?

200

UTI

What is urinary tract infection?

200

A doctor who "straightens" bones

What is an orthopedist?

300

Hard

What is scler/o?

300

eu-

What is normal?

300

-ic, -al or -ar

What is pertaining to?

300
Lymphoma

What is a tumor in the lymphatic gland/nodes/tissue?

300

Study of women

What is gynecology?

400

Narrowing

What is sten/o?

400

Below, beneath, under

What is sub- or what is infer/o?

400

-ectomy

What is surgical removal?

400

Produces loss of sensation

What is anesthetic / anesthesia?

400

Tiniest bones of the body

What are ossicles?

500

Head

What is cranial/o?

500

A- or an-

What is without/anti?

500

-graphy

What is process of recording?

500

Not contusion, but blue, black skin bruise

What is ecchymosis?

500

Bone broken during strangulation

What is the hyoid?