MedTerm “Combining Roots/Combining Forms/Prefixes/Suffixes”

1. liver – hepat/o
2. heart – cardi/o
3. stomach – gastr/o
4. kidney – nephr/o
5. nose – rhin/o
6. skin – derm/o

Prefix
1. slow brady
2. fast tachy
3. around peri
4. within endo
5. above normal hyper
6.below normal hypo

Suffix
1.ectomy surgical removal(excision)
2.otomy cutting into (incision)
3.ostomy surgically forming an opening
4.itis inflammation of
5.algia pain
6.cyte cell