Prefixes
Suffixes
Combining Form
Medical Terms Definition
Tissue/ Body Part
100

aut-

What is self?

100

-ism

What is condition, process?

100

aden/o

What is gland?

100

gastralgia

What is pain in the stomach?

100

neuritis

What is the nerve?

200

peri-

What is surrounding?

200

-emia

What is condition of blood?

200

cardi/o

What is heart?

200

resection

What is removal of an organ or structure?

200

rhinitis

What is the nose?

300

retro-

What is behind?

300

-itis

What is inflammation?

300

cephal/o

What is head?

300

arthrogram

What is x-ray record of a joint?

300

ophthalmoscope

What is the eye?

400

dia-

What is complete, through?

400

-globin

What is protein?

400

enter/o

What is intestines?

400

hepatoma

What is tumor of the liver?

400

sarcoma

What is flesh tissue?

500

hyper-

What is excessive, above?

500

-algia

What is pain; condition of pain?

500

hem/o, hemat/o

What is blood?

500

dermatitis

What is inflammation of the skin?

500

renal

What is the kidney?