Surgery
Measurable
Prefix
Suffix
Root Words
100

-ostomy

Surgical opening

100

hypo-

Low; below

100

post-

After

100

-itis

Inflammation of

100

hepat/o

Liver

200

-otomy

Surgical incision; to cut into

200

tachy-

fast

200

neo-

New; recent

200

-ology

Study of

200

phagia

Eating; swallowing

300

-plasty

Surgical repair

300

macro-

large; long

300

mal-

Bad

300

-algia

Pain

300

phasia

Speaking; communicating

400

-ectomy

Surgical removal

400

sub-

Under; below; beneath

400

trans-

Across, through, beyond

400

-pathy

Disease

400

hyster/o

Uterus

500

-scopy

Visual examination; to examine

500

poly-

Many

500

contra-

Against; opposite

500

-orrhea

Discharge; flow

500

enter/o

Intestine