Medical Terms

A

without

Ab

away from

Ad

toward

An

lacking

Bi

two, both

Brady

slow

Dys

difficulty, painful

Post

after

Pre

before

Tachy

fast

Tri

three

-algia

pain

-ectomy

cutting

-emia

blood

-itis

inflammation

-lysis

a breaking down

-ology

field of study

-opathy

relating to disease

-pnea

breathing

abdomin/a

abdomen

brachi/o

arm

cardi/o

heart

cephl/o

head

cervi/o

neck

crani/o

skull

derm/a, derm/o

skin

digital

fingers and toes

encephal/o

brain

ecto/exo

outside

endo

inside

femoral

thighs

gastro/o

stomach

glyc/o

sugar

gluteal

buttock

hemat/o

blood

hist/o, histi/o

tissue

inguinal

groin

intestin/o

intestine

lapar/o

abdomen

lumbar

lower back

mammary

breast

my/o

muscle

nas/o

nose

neur/o

nerve

ocul/o

eye

opthalm/o

eyes

or/o

mouth

ot/o

ear

pulmon/o

lungs

thorac/o

ches