Medical Terminology Chapter 1

Root

Foundation of the term

Suffix

word ending

Prefix

Word begining

Combining Vowel

vowel that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root

Combining form

combination of the root and the combining vowel

aden/o

gland

adenoma

tumor of a mass

adenitis

inflammation of a gland

arthr/o

joint

arthritis

inflammation of a joint

bi/o

life

Biology

Study of life

Biopsy

process of viewing living tissue under a microscope

-opsy

process of viewing

carcin/o

cancerous, cancer

carcinoma

cancerous tumore

cardi/o

heart

cardiology

study of the heart

cephal/o

head

cephalic

pertaining to the head

-ic

pertaining to

cerebr/o

cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

cerebral

pertaining to the cerebrum

-al

pretaining to

cis/o

to cut

incision

the process of cutting into

in-

into

-ion

process

excision

process of cutting out

ex-

out

crin/o

to secrete

endocrine

glands

endo-

within

cyst/o

urinary bladder, a sac or a cyst

cystoscopy (sis-TOS-ko-pe)

visual examination of bladder

-scopy

visual examination process

cyt/o

cell

cytology

study of cells

derm/o

skin

dermatitis

skin inflammation

dermat/o

skin

hypodermic

below skin

hypo-

deficient, below, under, less than normal

electr/o

electricity

electrocardiogram

record the electricity of the hear

-gram

record

encephal/o

brain

electroenceohalogram

record the electricity inside the brain

enter/o

(usually small) intestines

enterisits

inflammation of the small intestine

erythr/o

red

erythrocyte

red blood cells

gastr/o

stomach

gastrectomy

removal of the stomach

-ectomy

excision or removal

-tomy

process of cutting

glyc/o

sugar

hyperglycemia

high blood sugar

hyper-

excessive, above, more than normal

-emia

blood condition

gnos/o

knowledge

diagnosis

complete knowledge of the state or condition

dia-

complete

-sis

state or condition of

prognosis

knowlege before

-pro

before

gynec/o

female

gynecology

study of female anatomy

hemat/o, hem/o

blood

hematology

study of blood

hematoma

blood clot

hemoglobin

blood oxygen

-globin

protien

hepat/o

liver

hepatitis

liver inflammation

iatr/o

treatment, physician

iatrogenic

pertaining to effects from treatments of intervention by a physician

-genic

pertaining to, producing, produced by, produced in

leuk/o

white

leukocyte

white blood cells

log/o

study of

nephr/o

kidney

nephritis

inflammation of the liver

nephrology

study of the liver

neur/o

nerve

neurology

study of the nerves

onc/o

tumor

oncology

study of tumors

oncologist

specializes in tumors

-ist

one who specializes in

Ophtalm/o

eye

ophthalmoscope (of-THAL-mo-Skope)

visual examination of the eye

-scope

visual examination

oste/o

bone

osteitis

inflammation of the bone

osteoarthritis

condition of degeneration of bones and joint, accompanied by inflammation

path/o

disease

pathology

study of disease

pathologist

specializes in disease

ped/o

child