Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants- Medical Terminology Prefix

abdomin (o)

abdomen

aden (o)

gland

adren (o)

adrenal gland

angi (o)

vessel

arteri (o)

artery

athr (o)

joint

bronch (o)

heart

card, cardi (o)

heart

cephal (o)

head

chole, chol (o)

bile

chondr (o)

cartilage

colo

colon, large intestine

cost (o)

rib

crani (o)

skull

cyan (o)

blue

cyst (o)

bladder, cyst

cyt (o)

cell

dent (o)

tooth

derma

skin

duoden (o)

duodenum

encephal (o)

brain

enter (o)

intestines

fibr (o)

fiber, fibrous

gastr (o)

stomach

gloss (o)

tongue

gluc (o)

sweetness, glucose

glyc (o)

sugar

gyn, gyne, gyneco

woman

hem, hema, hemo, hemat (o)

blood

hepat (o)

liver

hydr (o)

water

hyster (o)

uterus

ile (o), ili (o)

ileum

laparo

abdomen, loin, flank

laryg (o)

larynx

lith (o)

stone

mamm (o)

breast, mammary gland

mast (o)

mammary gland, breast

meno

menstruation

my (o)

muscle

myel (o)

spinal cord, bone marrow

necro

death

nephr (o)

kidney

neur (o)

nerve

ocul (o)

eye

oophor (o)

ovary

ophthalm (o)

eye

orth (o)

straight, normal, correct

oste (o)

bone

ot (o)

ear

ped (o)

child, foot

pharyng (o)

pharynx

phleb (o)

vein

pnea

breathing, respiration

pneum (o)

lung, air, gas

proct (o)

rectum

psych (o)

mind

pulmo

lung

py (o)

pus

rect (o)

rectum

rhin (o)

nose

salping (o)

Eustachian tube, Fallopian tube

splen (o)

spleen

sten (o)

narrow, constriction

stern (o)

sternum

stomat (o)

mouth

therm (o)

heat

thoraco

chest

thromb (o)

clot, thrombus

thyr (o)

thyroid

toxic (o)

poison, poisonous

toxo

poison

trache (o)

trachea

urethr (o)

urethra

urin (o)

urine

uro

urine, urinary tract, urination

uter (o)

uterus

vas (o)

blood vessel, vas deferens

ven (o)

vein

vertebr (o)

spine, vertebrae

vertebr (o)