Prefix
Types of Disease
Combining Form
Suffix
Definition
100

supra

Above

100

Anxiety disorder

Mental/emotional

100

cervic/o

neck

100

-itis

Inflammation

100

myopathy

disease that affects the muscles

200

epi-

on, upon, over

200

Malaria

Infectious disease

200

vas/o

vessel

200

-osis

Condition

200

Myasthenia

weakness of muscle

300

peri-

surrounding (outer)

300

Celiac Disease

Autoimmune disease

300

hyster/o

Uterus

300

-blast

immature cell

300

Osteomalacia

Softening of the bone

400

trans-

Through, across, beyond

400

Diabetes

Metabolic

400

Steat/o

Fat

400

-crit

to separate

400

osteochondritis

inflammation of the bone and
cartilage

500

xanth-

yellow

500

Graves disease

Hormonal

500

Pneum/o

Breath

500

-phil

attraction

500

Convalescent

Identifies a sample from a patient who has recovered from an infection