Medical Terminology Chapter 1 (Job Corps)

Prefix

A small part added to the beginning of a term

Suffix

The word ending

Combining Form

Connects roots to suffixes and roots to other roots

Combining Vowel

Connects roots to suffixes and roots to other roots

Root

Gives the essential meaning of the term

Aden/o

Gland

Arthr/o

Joint

Bi/o

Life

Carcin/o

Cancer, cancerous

Cardi/o

Heart

Cephal/o

Head

Cerebr/o

Cerebrum, largest part of the brain

Cyst/o

Urinary bladder

Cyt/o

Cell

Derm/o

Skin

Dermat/o

Skin

Electr/o

Electricity

Encephal/o

Brain

Enter/o

Intestines (often the small intestine)

Erythr/o

Red

Gastr/o

Stomach

Gnos/o

Knowledge

Gynec/o

Woman, female

Hem/o

Blood

Hemat/o

Blood

Hepat/o

Liver

Lapar/o

Abdomen

Leuk/o

White

Nephr/o

Kidney

Neur/o

Nerve

Onc/o

Tumor (cancerous)

Ophthalm/o

Eye

Oste/o

Bone

Path/o

Disease

Psych/o

Mind

Ren/o

Kidney

Rhin/o

Nose

Sarc/o

Flesh

Thromb/o

Clotting

-al

Pertaining to

-algia

Condition of pain

-cyte

Cell

-ectomy

Cutting out; removal, excision

-emia

Blood condition

-globin

Protein

-gram

Record

-ia

Condition

-ic

Pertaining to

-ism

Condition, process

-itis

Inflammation

-logist

Specialist in the study of

-logy

Study of

-oma

Tumor, mass

-opsy

To view

-osis

Abnormal condition

-scope

Instrument to visually examine

-scopy

Process of visual examination

-sis

State of

-tomy

Process of cutting into; incision

A-

No, not

An-

No, not

Aut-

Self

Dia-

Complete, through

Dys-

Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

Endo-

Within

Epi-

Above, upon, on

Exo-

Outside

Hyper-

Excessive, more than normal, too much

Hypo-

Below, less than normal, under

Pan-

All

Peri-

Surrounding

Pro-

Before, forward

Re-

Back

Retro-

Behind

Sub-

Below, under

Trans-

Across, through