Root Words
In the beginning-Prefixes
WILD PICK
The End-Suffixes
Putting it all together
100

Heart

Cardi/o

100

hypo

under

below normal

100

BM

bowel movement

100

itis

inflammation

100

inflammation of the thyroid

thyroiditis

200

Neur/o

nerve

200

Pre

before

200

before meals

ac

200

tomy

incision

cut into

200

hysteroscopy

a procedure for looking into the uterus
300

col/o

colon

300

Around

peri

300

Not

An

300

instrument used to look

scope

300
word for low blood sugar in the blood

hypoglycemia

400

my/o

muscle
400
Pan
all
400

What is tachycardia in an adult?

Heart rate above 100 bpm

400

excessive flow

rrhea

400

removal of the parathyroid

parathyroidectomy

500

hyster/o

uterus

500

many

poly

500

Bulimia is a...

A type of eating kdisorder

500

scopy

process/procedure of looking

500

Reconstruction of a breast

mammoplasty

600

ot/o

ear

600

sub

beneath

600

A pregnancy that in which implantation occurs outside of the uterus

ectopic pregnancy

600

surgical reconstruction

plasty

600
excessive potassium level in the blood

hyperkalemia

700

aden/o

gland

700

bad

dys

700

Polydispsia

excessive thirst

can be a sign of diabetes

700

disease

pathy

700

opthalmologist

A Medical doctor that specializes in eye and vision care

800

metr/o

uterus

800

trans

through/ across


800

The inside of a hollow tubular vessel or organ

lumen
800

narrowing

stenosis

800

cholelithiasis

The presence/condition of stones in the gallbladder

900

lith/o

stone

900
intra
within
900

sagittal plane

divides the body down the center

into right and left sides

900

sclerosis

hardening

900

Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy

Surgical removal of both overies and fallopian tubes

1000

tympan/o,

myring/o

ear drum
1000

ecto

outside

1000

tinnitus

ringing in the ear

1000

softening

malacia

1000

A malignant tumor of the bone

osteosarcoma