Abbreviations
Prefixes
Medical Terms
Suffixes
Combining Forms
100
Left Upper Quardrant
What is LUQ?
100
endo?
What is the prefix that means within?
100
Pertaining to the epithelium
What is epithelial?
100
Process of visually examining
What is -scopy?
100
to secrete
What is crin/o?
200
Cardiovascular
What is CV?
200
hypo-
What is the prefixthat means under?
200
Pertaining to the chest
What is thoracic?
200
To cut
What is -cise?
200
Near to
What is proxim/o
300
Musculoskeletal
What is MS?
300
peri-
What is the prefix that means around?
300
Pertaining to the abdomen
What is abdominal?
300
Resembling
What is -ose?
300
Internal Organ
What is viscer/o?
400
Gynecology
What is GYN?
400
epi-
What is the prefix that means above?
400
Pertaining to the arm
What is brachial?
400
Pertaining to
What is -al, -ac, -ar, -ary, or -ic?
400
epithelium
What is epitheli/o
500
Gastrointestinal
What is GI?
500
retro-
What is the prefix that means behind?
500
Pertaining to the peritoneum
What is peritoneal?
500
Study of
What is -ology?
500
eye
What is ophthalm/o