prefixes
suffixes
root words
medical departments
body parts
100

hyper-

What is above normal?

100

-itis

what is inflammation?

100

cardi/o

what is the heart?

100

a department dedicated to newborn infants, or neonates, is a child under 28 days of age. During these first 28 days of life, the child is at the highest risk of dying.

what is neonatal? 
100

nasal 

what is the nose? 

200

hypo-

What is below normal? 

200

-pnea

what is breath/ respiration? 

200

gastr/o

what is the stomach?

200

the specialty of medical science concerned with the physical, mental, and social health of children from birth to young adulthood (18 years old)

what is pediatrics ?

200

pectoral 

what is the chest?

300

pseudo-

what is lying/ fake/ false?

300

-algia

what is pain/ ache?

300

neur/o

what is nerves/nervous system?

300

A branch of medicine that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer                  
 

    

what is oncology? 

300

lumbar

what is the lower back? 

400

poly- 

What is many/ multiple? 

400

-emia

what is blood condition?

400

brachi/o

what is the arm? 

400

the study of endocrine glands and hormones

what is endocrinology?

400

ventral 

what is the front of a structure? (anterior)