Medical Words

Hypertension

Prefix: Hyper - high, above normal

Root: tens - pressure

Suffix: ion - condition of, process of, action

Definition - High blood pressure

Hypoglycaemia

Prefix: Hypo - low, below normal

Root: glyca - glucose

Suffix: Emia - condition of the blood

Definition: low blood glucose (same as low blood sugar)

Tachycardia

Prefix: Tachy - Fast

Root: card - related to the heart

Suffix: ia - condition, state

Definition - Fast heart rate

Bradypnea

Prefix: Brady - slow

Root: pnea - related to the breathing

Suffix: (None)

Definition - Slow breathing rate

Normothermic

Prefix: Normo - normal

Root: thermic - related to temperature

Suffix: (none)

Definition - Normal body temperature

Thermometer

Prefix: (None)

Root: Thermo - referring to temperature

Suffix: meter - measurement

Definition - temperature measurement

Gastritis

Prefix: (None)

Root: Gastr - relating to the stomach

Suffix: itis - inflammation

Definition - stomach inflammation

Myalgia

Prefix: (None)

Root: My - relating to the muscle

Suffix: algia - pain

Definition - Muscle pain

Anaemia

Prefix - Without

Root: emia - condition impacting the blood

Suffix: (none)

Definition - lack of red blood cells in the blood

Endoscope

Prefix: Endo - within

Root: scope - instrument for viewing

Suffix: (none)

Definition - instrument for looking inside the body