Medical Terminology

hepat/o

liver

hist/o

tissue

hydr/o

water, fluid

pulmon/o

lung

ped/o

child, infant, foot

path/o

disease

oste/o

bone

norm/o

proper, rule

neur/o

nerve

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

my/o

muscle

lith/o

stone

muc/o

mucus

leuk/o

white

pan/

all, every

post/

after, past

peri/

around, surrounding

micro/

small, tiny

per/

through

intra/

within

inter/

between

re/

again, back

pre/

before

retro/

behind, back

sub/

under, inferior to

tachy/

faster than usual

para/

beside, beyond

macro/

gross, large

infra/

inferior to, below

in/

into, not

hypo/

decreased, below

hyper/

increased, above

hemi/

half

epi/

upon, in addition

en/

within

endo/

within

ecto/

outside, outer

exo/

outside, outer

ec/

outside, outer

ex/

outside, outer

dia/

through

de/

lessened, removed

cata/

negative, down

brady/

slower than usual

anti/

aganist, opposed

ad/

toward, near

ac/

toward, near

ab/

away from

a/

without, absent

an/

without, absent

hem/o

blood

glyc/o

sugar

gloss/o

tongue

gen/o

giving rise to, creating

gastr/o

stomach

enter/o

small intestine

duct/o

carry

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

cyt/o

cell

cyst/o

sac of fluid, bladder

crani/o

skull

col/o

large intestine, colon

colon/o

large intestine, colon

cardi/o

heart, upper part of stomach

bi/o

living thing, life

arthr/o

joint

arteri/o

artery

append/o

appendix

appendic/o

appendix

aden/o

gland

acr/o

extremity, tip

ven/o

vein

thromb/o

clot

thorac/o

chest

therm/o

heat

tens/o

pressure

splen/o

spleen

secti/o

cut into

ren/o

kidney

/tic

relating to

/y

process of

/ac

relating to

/al

relating to

/algia

pain

/ar

relating to

/ary

relating to

/centesis

withdrawing fluid

/cyte

cell

/eal

relating to

/ectomy

removal

/emia

throughout the blood

/hemia

throughout the blood

/grade

go

/gram

picture, record, tracing

/graph

instrument that creates a picture or recording

/graphy

process of creating a picture, record, tracing

/ia

condition

/iac

relating to

/ic

relating to