Medical Terminology

High/Increased Terms

Hyper - excessive or above normal levels.

Tachy - fast

Poly - Many

Megaly/ Macro - enlargement /large

Hypertrophy = excessive growth

Examples:

Hyperglycemia

Tachycardia

Polyuria

Cardiomegaly

Cardiac hypertrophy

Low/Decreased Terms

Hypo - low or below normal

Brady - slow

Oligo - little/scant

-Penia deficiency/lack

A-, an- = without

Examples:

Hypoglycemia

Bradycardia

Oliguria

Muscle atrophy

Leukopenia

Atrophy - wasting/decreased size

Inside Terms

Intra -within/inside

Endo -inner/within/inward

Ex

Intracellular

Endocrine

Endocytosis

Outside Term

Extra - outside

Exo - outward/outside

Ecto - outter/outside

Ex.

Extracellular

Exocytosis

Ectoderm

Inflammation

-itis

Ex

Gastritis

Dermatitis

Arthritis

Disease/Disorder Terms

-pathy = disease/disorder

-osis = abnormal condition/process

ex

neuropathy

nephropathy

Cyanosis

Blood Terms

-emia = blood condition

hem/hemat - blood

Ex

hyperglycemia

anemia

hematology

Urine Terms

-uria = urine/urination

Ex

Polyuria

oliguria