Prefixes
Combining Forms
Disease
Abbreviation
suffixes
100

Slow

Brady

100

Lacrim/o

Tears 

100

Ballooning of weakened portion of arterial wall 

Aneurysm 

100

STI

Sexually Transmitted Infection

100

-iatry

Treatment, specialty

200

Under, Below

Sub

200

Kal/i

Potassium 

200
Inflammation of the Tongue 

Glossitis 

200

GI

Gastrointestinal 

200

-ictal

seizure, attack

300

Fast, Rapid

Tachy

300

What is the combining form for movement/motion? 

Kinesi/o

300

Pain in the ear 

Otalgia 

300

PCOS

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome 

300

-opia

Vision condition

400

Above

Supra 

400

What is the combining form for sensation, sensitivity, feeling?

Esthesi/o

400

Inflammation of the bursa 

Bursitis

400

COPD

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

400

-physis

growth

500

Together, Joined

Syn

500

Common bile duct?

Choledoch/o

500

Inflammation of the nerve 

Neuritis 

500

EEG

electroencephalogram

500

-trophy

nourishment, development