Basic Medical Terminology

roots, prefixes, and suffixes

arthr

joint

cardi

heart

derm

skin

gastr

stomach

hepat

liver

oste, osteo

bone

pulmon

lung

thorac

chest

ren

kidney

nephr

kidney

neur

nerve

a-, an-

without, not

ab-

away from

ad-

toward, near

ante-

before, in front of

anti-

against

brady-

slow

dys-

bad, difficult

endo-

within

hypo-

below, deficient

hyper-

above, excessive

peri-

around

pre-

before

post-

after

sub-

under/below

tachy-

fast

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

removal

-emia

blood condition

-itis

inflammation

-oma

tumor

-ology

study of

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-scopy

visual examination