Prefixes
a-, an-
no, without
Hem(o)
blood
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
mind
Psych(o)
laparoscopy
process of viewing the abdomen
hypo-
below, deficient, less than normal, too little
Hepat(o)
liver
al, ic, ical, eal, ac
pertaining to
nose
Rhin(o)
hematologist
specialist in the study of blood
peri-
surrounding
Nephr(o)
kidney
-ectomy
excision (surgical removal, resection), process of cutting out
a record
-gram
osteoarthritis
inflammation of the bone and joint
retro-
behind
Ren(o)
kidney
(o)scopy, -scopy
process of viewing, process of visual examination
flesh
Sarc(o)
electrocardiography
to record electrical activity of the heart
dia-
complete, through
Thromb(o)
clot, clotting
(o)tomy, -tomy
process of cutting into; incision
before, forward
pro-
subrenal
pertaining to below the kidney