PREFIXES
Specialist
Terms
100

pre-

What is before

100

retinopathy

what is an ophthalmologist?

100

pertaining to the head

cephalic

200

back, backward

what is re-

200

renal failure

What is a nephrologist

300

without, not

What is a-, an-

300

heart attack

What is a cardiologist?

400

across, through

What is trans-

400

iron deficiency anemia

hematologist

500

Ovarian cysts

What is a gynecologist?