HOSA 26-27 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

a-, an-

without, absence of

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

ante-

before

circum-

around

contra-

against

dia-

through, across

ecto-,exo-

outside

endo-

within, inner

epi-

upon, above

inter-

between

intra-

within

peri-

around

post-

after

pre-

before

retro-

backward, behind

sub-

under, below

super-, supra-

above

trans-

across, through

bi-

two

brady-

slow

dipl/o-

double

hemi-

half

hyper-

excessive, above normal

hypo-

deficient, below normal

mono-, uni-

one

multi-

many

oligo-

few, scanty

pan-

all

poly-

many, much

quadri-

four

tachy-

fast

tri-

three

alb-

white

cyan-

blue

erythr-

red

leuk-

white

melan-

black

poli-

gray

xanth-

yellow

anti-

against

auto-

self

dys-

abnormal, difficult, painful

eu-

good, normal

mal-

bad, abnormal

neo-

new

pan-

all

pseudo-

false

re-

again, backward

syn-, sym-

together, with

-algia

pain

-dynia

pain

-itis

inflammation

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-emia

blood condition

-iasis

abnormal condition/process

-ism

condition/process

-oma

tumor/mass

-megaly

enlargement

-penia

deficiency

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhea

flow/discharge

-rrhage, -rrhagia

excessive bleeding

-slerosis

abnormal hardening

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-desis

surgical binding/fusion

-ectomy

surgical removal

-lysis

separation, destruction, loosening

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

-scopy

visual examination

-stomy

creating of an opening

-tomy

cutting/incision

-logy

study of

-logist

specialist in

-iatry

medical treatment/specialty

-iatrist

specialist

-ist

specialist

-ician

specialist/practitioner

-ac, -al, -al, -ary, -ic, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-oid

resembling

-form

resembling

-genic

producing/ causing

-genesis

formation/origin

-poiesis

formation/production

-cyte

cell

-cytosis

abnormal increase in cells

-gram

record/picture

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-meter

measuring instrument

-metry

process of measuring

aden/o

gland

adren/o

adrenal gland

angi/o

vessel

arthr/o

joint

carcin/o

cancer

carp/o

wrist