Medical Specialties
Prefixes
Combining Forms
Suffixes
Miscellaneous
100
The medical specialty that studies the heart
What is cardiology
100
The prefix for not, without
What is a-, an-
100
The combining forms hem/o and hemat/o both mean
What is blood
100
The suffix for the study of
What is -logy
100
The medical word for the study of the mind
What is psychology
200
The medical specialty that studies the urinary system
What is urology
200
The prefix for below, beneath
What is hypo-
200
The combining form for stomach
What is gastr/o
200
The suffix for pertaining to the heart
What is -ac , cardiac
200
The medical word for pertaining to the heart
What is cardiac
300
The medical specialty that studies the integumentary system
What is dermatology
300
The prefix for inside
What is intra-
300
The combining form meaning joint
What is arthr/o-
300
The suffix for inflammation of; infection of
What is -itis
300
The medical word for inflammation of the voice box (larynx)
What is laryngitis
400
The medical specialty that studies the respiratory system
What is pulmonology
400
The prefix for bad, abnormal
What is mal-
400
The combining form meaning breast
What is mamm/o-
400
The suffix for the process of recording
What is -graphy
400
The medical word for the surgical removal of the tonsils
What is tonsillectomy
500
The medical specialty that studies the eyes
What is ophthalmology
500
The prefix meaning painful; difficult; abnormal
What is dys-
500
The combining form meaning liver
What is hepat/o-
500
The suffix for the process of cutting or making an incision
What is -tomy
500
The medical word for a medical condition in which the heart has an abnormally fast rate
What is tachycardia