Medical Terminology: all Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes and Combing Forms Chapters 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,11,14,16

aden/o

gland

aut/o

self

bi/o

life

cancer/o carcin/o

cancer

cyan/o

blue

cyt/o

cell

epitheli/o

epithelium (tissue covering the body and organs)

erythr/o

red

eti/o

cause (of disease)

fibr/o

fiber

gno/o

knowledge

hemat/o

blood

hist/o

tissue

iatr/o

treatment, physician

lei/o

smooth

leuk/o

white

lip/o

fat

melan/o

black, dark pigment

my/o

muscle

necr/o

death (cells, tissues)

neur/o

nerve

onc/o

tumor

organ/o

organ

path/o

disease

rhabd/o

rod-shaped, striated

sarc/o

flesh, connective tissue

somat/o

body

system/o

system

vir/o

virus

viscer/o

internal organs

xanth/o

yellow

dia-

through, complete

dys-

painful, abnormal, difficult

hyper-

excessive, above normal

hypo-

deficient, below normal

meta-

beyond, change

micro-

small

neo-

new

pro-

before, forward

-al

pertaining to

-cyte

cell

-gen

substance that produces

-genic

producing, causing

-ic

pertaining to

-logist

specialist in the study of

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor, mass

-opsy

view of, viewing

-osis

abnormal condition

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

-plasia

development, formation

-plasm

growth, formation

-sarcoma

malignant tumor (of connective tissue)

-sis

state of, condition

-stasis

stopping, controlling

cutane/o

skin

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

hidr/o

sweat

kerat/o

hard, horny tissue; cornea

myc/o

fungus

onych/o

nail

pachy/o

thick

rhytid/o

wrinkle

scler/o

hardening; sclera (white of eye)

seb/o

sebum (oil)

staphyl/o

clusters (also refers to Staphylococcus bacteria)

strept/o

twisted chains (also refers to Streptococcus bacteria)

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

xer/o

dry

epi-

above, upon

intra-

within, inside

para-

beside, near, abnormal

per-

through

sub-

under, below

trans-

across, through

-a

noun ending

-coccus

(pl. -cocci) berry-shaped bacterium (bacteria)

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision

-ia

condition, disease

-itis

inflammation

-malacia

softening

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

discharge, flow

adenoid/o

adenoids

alveol/o

alveolus (air sac in the lung)

atel/o

incomplete, imperfect

bronch/o,bronchi/o

bronchus (airway in the lungs)

capn/o

carbon dioxide

coni/o

dust

diaphragmat/o

diaphragm (muscle that helps with breathing)

epiglott/o

epiglottis (flap that covers the windpipe during swallowing)

hem/o

blood

laryng/o

larynx (voice box)

lob/o

lobe (of the lung)