Medical Terminology: 2025 PTCB Exam

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-ar, -ary

pertaining to

-ase

enzyme

-logy

study of

-dipsia

thirst

-graphy, -graph

instrument for recording

-gram

record

-genic

producing

-pathy

disease

-itis

inflammation of

-osis

condition

-rrhage

excessive flow

-oid

resembling, like

-ectomy

surgical removal

-stasis

control

-logist

specialist

-scopy

viewing of

-rrhea

flowing discharge

-scope

instrument

-sclerosis

hardening

-spasm

twitching, involuntary contraction

-oma

tumor

-cyte

cell

-ic

pertaining to

-emia

blood condition

-plasty

surgical repair

-uria

urine

-iatry

treatment

-lepsy

seizure

-lysis

breaking down

-lytic

destroy

-megaly

enlarged

-meter

measuring instrument

-penia

decreased number

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-philia

attraction to

-phobia

fear of

-plegia

paralysis, stroke

-stenosis

narrowing

-stomy

artificial opening

-toxic

poison

-trophy

nourishment, development

-ule, -ula

small

acous/o

hearing

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

alb

white

ambul/o

walk

andr/o

male

angi/o

vessel

arthr/o

joint

bucc/o

cheek

carcin/o

cancer

cardi

heart

cereb

brain

chem/o

chemistry

cyan

blue

cyst/o

bladder

cyt/o

cell

derm/a

skin

duoden/o

duodenum, first part of small intestine

enter/o

intestine

erythr/o

red

esophag/o

esophagus

fibr/o

fiber

gastr/o

stomach

gluc/o

sugar

glyc/o

sugar

gynec/o

woman

hemat/o

blood

hem/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hist/o

body tissues

hyster/o

uterus

lact/o

milk

lapar/o

abdomen

leuk/o

white

lipid

fat

lymph/o

lymph

mamm/o

breast tissue

melan/o

dark, black

myel/o

muscle

my/o

muscle

nas/o

nose

necr/o

dead

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

ocul/o

eye

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

ox, oxy

oxygen

pancreat/o

pancreas

pelv/o

pelvis

phleb/o

vein

pneum/o

lungs

prostat/o

prostate

psych/o

mind