Systems
Miscellaneous
Directional
Prefixes
Suffixes
100

Gastro-

What is stomach?

100

cyano-

What is blue?

100

Towards the side of the body

What is lateral?

100

supra-

What is above?

100

-agia

What is pain?

200
arthro-

What is joint?

200

osteo-

What is bone?

200

Away from 

What is distal?

200

endo-

What is within?

200

-ectomy

What is excision or surgical removal?

300

hepato-

What is liver?

300

hem-

What is blood?

300

Towards the head

What is cephalic?

300

epi-

What is on or over?

300

-graphy

What is the process of recording?

400
nephro-

What is kidney?

400

ischo-

What is deficiency or blockage?

400

Towards the tail

What is caudal?

400

tachy-

What is fast or rapid?

400

-itis

What is inflammation?

500

ortho-

What is straight?

500

thrombo-

What is a clot?

500

Medial

What is in the middle?

500

poly-

What is many?

500

-plasty

What is a surgical repair?