Med Terminology 1

Lip

fat

lip/o

(combining form) fat

-emia

suffix: blood condition

hyper-

Prefix, excessive

Protein

Root, protein

Combining form

A root with combining vowel attached

Combining vowel

Used to link root words and aids in easier pronounciation (usually an -o)

angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o

Combining form; vessel

Cardio/o

Combining form; Heart

enter/o

combining form; small intestine

esaphag/o

Combining form: esophagus

Gastr/o

Combining form; stomach

Hem/o hemat/o

Combining form; blood

Oste/o

Combining form; bone

Ur/o urin/o

Urine

-al, -eal

suffix; pertaining to

-ectasis

Suffix; expansion or dilation

-ectomy

Suffix; excision (removal)

-ia

Suffix; condition of

-itis

suffix: inflammation

-logy

Suffix; study of

-megaly

Suffix: enlargement

-stomy

Suffix: creation of an opening

-tomy

Suffix: incision

Oligo-

Prefix: few or deficient

Para-

Prefix; abnormal , alongside of

Peri-

Around

-ac -al -ar

suffix: pertaining to

-dynia

Suffix: pain

-ium

Suffix: structure of tissue

-rrhaphy

Suffix: suture

-rrhexis

suffix: rupture

Endo-

Prefix: within

Epi-

Prefix: upon

Sub-

Prefix: below or under

Singular form and plural form of -a

Singular ex: vertebra plural ex : vertebrae

Singular form and plural of -is

Singular ex: diagnosis plural: :diagnoses

Singular and plural of -ma

Singular ex: condyloma plural: condylomata

Singular and plural of -on

Singular- phenomenon plural: phenomena

Singular and plural of -um

Singular: bacterium plural: bacteria

Singular and plural of -us

Singular ex: fungus. Plural ex: fungi

Viruses and sinuses are exceptions

-Singular and plural of -ax

Singular ex: thorax pkural ex: thoraces

-Singular and plural of -ex

Singular ex: apex plural ex: apices

-Singular and plural of -ix

singular ix- appendix plural ex: appendices

-Singular and plural of -y

Singular ex: myopathy plural ex: myopathies

Prefix: a- and an-

Without

anti-, contra-

Against or opposed to

De-

From, down, or not

ab-

Away from

Ad-

To, toward, or near

Circum- peri-

Around

Dia- trans-

Across, or through

E- ec- ex-

Out of away

Ecto- exo- extra-

Outside

en- endo- intra-

Within

Epi-

Upon

Inter-

Between

Meso-

Middle

Meta-

Beyond, after or change

Para-

Alongside of, or abnormal

Retro-

Backward or behind

Sub- infra-

Under or below

Bi-

Two or both

Hemi- semi-

Half

Macro-

Large or long

Brady-

Slow

Tachy-

Fast

Re-

Again or back

Con- syn- sym-

Together or with

Dys-

Painful, difficult or faulty

Eu-

Good or normal

Neo-

New

-algia -dynia

Pain

-genesis

origin or production

-lysis

breaking down or dissolution

-oid

Resembling

-penia

abnormal reduction

-rrhea

discharge

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-cele

pouching or hernia

-iasis

Formation or presence of

-malacia

softening

-oma

Tumor

-osis

Condition or increase

-phil -philia

Attraction for

-ptosis

Falling or downward displacement

-rrhage -rrhagia

To burst forth (usually blood)

-rrhexis

Rupture

-centesis

puncture for aspiration

-desis

Binding

-pext

Suspension or fixation

-plasty

surgical repair or reconstruction

-rrhaphy

Suture

-ation

Process

-e

General indicator that a word is a person place or thing

-ia -ism

Condition of

-y

Condition or process of

-ium

Structure or tissue

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

Pertaining to

-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule

Small