EMT-B Prefixes, Suffixes, & Root Word

Cardi/o

Heart

Col/o colon/o

Colon

Cutane/o derm/o dermat/o

Skin

Enter/o

Intestines

Esophag/o

Esophagus

Esthel/o

Sensation

Gastr/o

Stomach

Glyc/o

Sugar

Hemat/o hem/o

Blood

Hepat/o

Liver

Lith/o

Stone

Lymph/o

Lymph

Men/o

Menstruation

Metr/o metri/o

Uterus

Nas/o rhin/o

Nose

Ot/o

Ear

Oste/o

Bone

Pancreat/o

Pancreas

Septic/o sept/o

Infection

Thromb/o

Clot

Thyroid/o thyr/o

Thyroid Gland

Trache/o

Trachea, Windpipe

Tympan/o

Eardrum

Ur/o

Urine, Urinary Tract

Vasul/o

Blood Vessel

Ven/o

Vein

A-, an-

Without,

a lack of,

not,

absence of

Ab-

Away from

Ad-

Toward

Ante-

Before, forward

Ar-

Pertaining to

Anti-, ant-

Against

Bi-

Two

Brady-

Slow

Dys-

Difficult,

abnormal,

bad,

Painful

Endo-

Within, inner

Ec-, ecto-, ex-, extra-

Out, outside

Epi-

Upon, above

Hyper-

High,

above,

excessive

Hypo-

Low,

below,

deficient

In-

In, Into

Inter-

Between

Intra-

Within

Mal-

Bad

Micro-

Small

Peri-

Surrounding

Post -

After, behind

Para-

Beside,

near,

along side of

Pre-

Before

Pro-, pros-

Forward, before

Sub-

Below,

under

Tachy-

Fast

Uni-

One

-Ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous

Pertaining to

-Ation, -ia, -iasis, -ism, -osis, -sis

Condition

-Ectomy

Excision,

resection,

removal

-Emia

Blood Condition

-graph

Instrument to record

-gram

Record

-Ism

Condition, process

-Itis

Inflammation

-Lith

Stone

-Logy

The study of

-Megaly

Enlargement

-Meter

To measure

-Mortem

Death

-Oma

Tumor,

mass,

Swelling

-Partum

Birth

-Pathy

Disease condition

-Plasty

Surgical repair

-Plegia

Paralysis

-Pnea

Breathing

-Ptysis

Spitting

-Rrhea

Flow,

Discharge

-Scope

Instrument used for visual examination

-Dtomy

Opening

-Tomy

Incision

-Um

Structure

-Uria

Urine condition

A

Before

BP

Blood pressure

C

With

H2O

Water

H, hr

Hour

MOOD, MOD

Medical Officer of the Day

NOOD, NOD

Nurse of the Day

O2

Oxygen

p

After

(PRN) Prn

As needed

s

Without

SL

Serious List, Sublingual

Stat

Immediately

VSL

Very Serious List

Acute

Sudden onset,

severe symptoms,

short course

Ambulatory

Ability to walk or walking

Aspiration

Withdrawal of fluid by suction through a needle or tube

Auscultation

Process of listening for sounds produced within the body

Cardiology

Study of the heart and its diseases

Chronic

Long & drawn out condition,

frequently recurring condition,

condition lasting longer than 6 months

Dermatology

Study of the skin and its diseases,

treatment of skin disorders