EMT Medical Terminology

cardi/o

heart

hepat/o

liver

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

psych/o

mind

thorac/o

chest

abdomin/o

abdomen

acou/o

hearing

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

alb/o

white

alges/o

pain; sensitivity to pain

andr/o

male

angi/o

vessel; usually blood vessel

angin/o

angina; constriction or pain

ankyl/o

stiffness; fusion

anter/o

front; anterior

aort/o

aorta

append/o

appendix

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

asthen/o

weakness

atel/o

incomplete; imperfect

ather/o

fatty plaque

atri/o

atrium; upper heart chamber

audi/o

hearing

aur/o

ear

aut/o

self

bacteri/o

bacteria

chron/o

time

cirrh/o

orange-yellow

cleid/o

clavicle; collarbone

col/o

colon; large intestine

colp/o

vagina

condyl/o

knuckle; rounded projection

cor/o

pupil

corne/o

cornea

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

crin/o

to secrete

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

cycl/o

circle; ciliary body

cyst/o

urinary bladder; sac

cyt/o

cell

dermat/o

skin

digit/o

finger or toe

dipl/o

double

disk/o

intervertebral disc

dist/o

far; distant

diverticul/o

diverticulum; pouch

dors/o

back

duct/o

duct; tube

duoden/o

duodenum

ech/o

sound; reflected sound

elast/o

elasticity

melan/o

black; dark

men/o

menstruation

mening/o

meninges; membranes surrounding brain and spinal cord

myel/o

spinal cord; bone marrow

my/o

muscle

ocul/o

eye

opthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

ov/o

egg

path/o

disease

ped/o

child

phag/o

eating; swallowing

pharyng/o

pharynx; throat

phot/o

light

pleur/o

pleura; membrane surrounding lungs

pneum/o

lung; air

pneumon/o

lung

pod/o

foot

pseud/o

false

pty/o

spitting

ptyal/o

saliva

pulmon/o

lung

cubitus

elbow

digit

finger or toe

palpate

examine by touching or feeling

percuss

tap the body to assess underlying structures

ptosis (pto-)

drooping; downward displacement

edema (ede-)

swelling caused by excess fluid in tissues

a-

without; absence of

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

an-

without; absence of

ana-

up; apart

ante-

before; in front of

anti-

against

auto-

self

bi-

two; twice

brady-

slow

circum-

around

contra-

against; opposite

de-

down; removal; reversal

di-

two; double

dia-

through; across