Root Words
Prefixes
Suffixes
Break It Down
What's That Word?
100

"life"

What is bi/o

100

ultra-

beyond

100

-itis

inflammation

100

bradycardia

slow heart rate

100

producing cancer

carcinogenic

200

immun/o

What is protection

200

pseudo-

false

200

-rhea

discharge

200

biology

study of life

200

one + cell + abnormal condition

monocytosis

300

"kidney"

What is nephr/o

300

dys-

painful, difficult, abnormal

300

surgical repair

-plasty

300

subcutaneous

under the skin

300

removing fluid from the sac around the heart

pericardiocentesis 

400

ven/o

What is vein

400

down, away, without

de-

400

-pexy

surgical fixation

400

cardiac

pertaining to the heart

400

enlarged heart

cardiomegaly

500

laryng/o

What is throat or larynx

500

retro-

What is backward

500

pertaining to

-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -atic, -eal, -iac, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ine, -ior, -nic, -ory, -ose, -ous, -tic

500

pulmonolgy

study of the lungs

500

abnormal softening of the bones

osteomalacia