Med Term Module 2

a-, an-: absence of, without, not

absence of, without, not

bi-

two or both

dia-

through, complete

dys-

difficult, painful, abnormal, labored

epi-

upon, on, over

hyper-

above, excessive

hypo-

deficient, below, under, incomplete

intra-

within, in

meta-

change, beyond, after

neo-

new

para-

beside, around, beyond, abnormal

per-

through

pro-

before

sub-

under, below

trans-

through, across, beyond

uni-

one

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

cutane/o

skin

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

fibr/o

fibrous tissues

hidr/o

sweat

lip/o, lipid/o

fat

onych/o

nail

pil/o

hair

seb/o

sebum

steat/o

fat, sebum

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

albin/o

white

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

erythemat/o

redness

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

xanth/o

yellow

kerat/o

hard, horny tissue, keratin

lei/o

smooth

pachy/o

thick

rhytid/o

wrinkles

scler/o

hardening

xer/o

dryness, dry

coni/o

dust

crypt/o

hidden

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

py/o

pus

staphyl/o

grapelike clusters

strept/o

twisted chains

aut/o

self

bi/o

life

cry/o

cold

-a

no meaning, noun ending

-ad

toward

-al

pertaining to

-coccus

berry-shaped

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision

-gen

substance that produces/causes, agent that produces/causes

-genic

producing, origination, causing

-ia

condition of, diseased state, abnormal state

-ic

pertaining to

-ior

pertaining to

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist who studies and treats

-logy

study of

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlarged, enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor, swelling

-opsy

view of, process of viewing, viewing

-osis

abnormal condition, increased numbers pertaining to blood

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-plasia

development, growth, condition of formation

-plasm

growth, substance, formation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

flow

-rrhage, -rrhagia

excessive discharge

-sis

state of

-stasis

stop, controlling, standing

-tome

instrument used to cut

endo-

within

hemi-

half

an/o

anus

append/o

appendix

appendic/o

appendix

cec/o

cecum

cheil/o

lip

chol/e

gall, bile

choleangi/o

bile duct

choledoch/o

common bile duct

col/o

colon

colon/o

colon

duoden/o

duodenum

enter/o

intestine

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach