Prefixes
Combining Forms
Suffixes
Abbreviations
Organs
100
Two or double
What is two "bi"?
100
The combining form erythr/o means this color
What is red
100
This means formation of
What is -poiesis
100
emergency medical technician
What is EMT?
100
This combining form represents the small clusters of tissues that filter out and/or trap impurities in the body and produce antibodies to fight disease; also called lymph nodes
What is lymphaden/o
200
around or outer
What is "peri"?
200
This combining form means shape
What is morph/o
200
This is the combining form for particles or granules
What is granul/o
200
This means intramuscular
What is IM?
200
This combining form represents the 3 sets of lymphatic tissue located in the throat; and also means tonsils
What is tonsill/o (remember the double LL)
300
This means through, apart, across
What is dia-
300
The combining form sanguin/o means
What is blood
300
This means removal of, cut out
What is -ectomy
300
This means urine analysis
What is UA?
300
The combining form adenoid/o means this
What is adenoids
400
This means painful
What is dys-
400
This combining form means hump
What is kyph/o
400
This suffix means too few or abnormal decrease
What is -penia
400
This means history
What is Hx?
400
nephr/o refers this organ
What is kidney
500
This means outside
What is exo
500
This combining form means synovial or synovial fluid
What is synovi/o
500
The meaning of the suffix -stasis is this
What is standing still
500
This means nothing by mouth
What is NPO
500
hepato- refers to this organ
What is liver