ROP- Medical Terminology

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-lysis/-lytic

destruction

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor, mass

-pathy

disease

-plasia

development, growth

-rrhage

excessive abnormal flow

-stenosis

narrowing

-trophy

nourishment, development

-ectomy

surgical removal of

-scope

instrument for viewing

-gram

record/picture

aden/o

gland

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

chem/o

chemical

cis/o

to cut

dermat/o

skin

enter/o

small intestine

gastr/o

stomach

gynec/o

female

hemat/o

blood

hydr/o

water

immun/o

immunity

laryng/o

voice box

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

ophthalm/o

eye

ot/o

ear

path/o

disease

pulmon/o

lung

rhin/o

nose

a-

without, away from

an-

without

ante-

before, in front of

anti-

against

auto-

self

brady-

slow

contra-

against

de-

without

dys-

painful, difficult, abnormal

endo-

within, inner

epi-

upon, over

eso-

inward

eu-

normal, good

ex-

external, outward

exo-

outward

extra-

outside of

hetero-

different

homo-

same

hyper-

over, above

hypo-

under, below

in-

not; inward

inter-

among, between

intra-

within, inside

macro-

large

micro-

small

myo-

to shut

neo-

new

pan-

all

para-

beside, near; abnormal; two like parts of a pair

per-

through

peri-

around

post-

after

pre-

before, in front of

pro-

before

psuedo-

false

retro-

backward, behind

sub-

below, under

supra-

above

tachy-

rapid, fast

trans-

through, across

ultra-

beyond, excess

un-

not

bi-

two

hemi-

half

mono-

one

multi-

many

nulli-

none

poly-

many

primi-

first

quadri-

four

semi-

partial, half

tetra-

four

tri-

three