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suffixes
Abbreviations
Combining Forms
PRONOUNCE ME
100

a-

absence of/without

100

-pathy

Disease

100

WBC

White Blood Cell

100

Thym/o

thymus gland

100

Diaphragm

DY-uh-fram

Diaphragm

200

hypo-

below/incomplete

200

-oma

Tumor

200

CXR

chest x-ray

200

tonsill/o

tonsil

200

Thymus

THY-muhs

Thymus

300

hyper-

above/excessive

300

-pnea

Breathing

300

AIDS

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

300

phren/o

diaphragm

300

Epistaxis

Ep-uh-STACK-siss

Epistaxis

400

eu-

normal/good

400

-rrhagia

rapid flow of blood, excessive bleeding

400

HDN

hemolytic disease of the newborn

400

capn/o

carbon dioxide

400

Laryngopharynx

Luh-rin-guh-far-inks

Laryngopharynx

500

intra-

within/in

500

-cele

hernia, protrusion

500

GVHD

Graft-versus-host Disease

500

orth/o

straight

500

Staphylococcus aureus

Staf-uh-loh-KOK-uhs AW-ree-uhs