WORD ROOTS
MEDICAL TERMS
ABBREVIATIONS
PREFIXES
SUFFIXES
100

HEART

Cardi/o

100

largest organ of the body

What is the skin
100

Nothing by Mouth

What is PO

100

An-

What is without

100

-ic

What is pertaining to

200

ARTERY

arteri/o

200

Another name for the breast bone

What is the sternum

200

Gastrointestinal

What is GI

200

Endo-

What is within

200

-trophy

What is development

300

LUNG

Pulmon/o or Pneum/o

300

The basic type of nerve cell

What is a neuron

300

Sodium

What is Na+

300

Hemi-

What is half

300

-malacia

What is abnormal softening

400

KIDNEY

Ren/o

400
Medical term for a heart attack

What is a myocardial infarction

400

Biopsy

What is BX, bx

400

Pseudo-

What is false

400

-pathy

What is disease

500

NERVE

Neur/o

500

Surgical removal of the stomach

What is gastrectomy

500

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

What is MRSA

500

Epi-

What is above

500

-ectomy

What is surgical removal