Pearson: Chapter 1 Terms - MT

Medical Terminology: Introduction to Medical Terminology

Word root of cardiogram (record of the heart)

cardi

Prefix of Pericardium (around the heart)

peri

Suffix of Carditis (inflammation of the heart)

-itis

Combining vowel of cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease)

cardi/o & my/o - “o”

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

chem/o

chemical

cis/o

to cut

dermat/o

skin

enter/o

small intestine

gastr/o

stomach

gynec/o

female

hemat/o

blood

immun/o

immunity

laryng/o

voice box

nephr/o

kidney

ophthalm/o

eye

ot/o

ear

path/o

disease

pulmon/o

lung

rhin/o

nose

A-

without

An-

without

Anti

against

auto-

self

Brady-

slow

De-

without

Dis-

apart from

Dys-

painful, difficult, abnormal

Endo-

within, inner

Epi-

above

Eu-

normal

Ex-

outward

Extra-

outside of

Hetero-

different

Homo-

same

Hyper-

excessive

Hypo-

below, insufficient

In-

not, inward

Inter-

between

Intra-

within

Macro-

large

Micro-

small

Neo-

new

Non-

not

Para-

beside, abnormal, two like parts of a pair

per-

through

Peri-

around

Post-

after

Pre-

before

Pro-

before

Pseudo-

false

Re-

again

Retro-

backward, behind

Sub-

under

Syn-

together

Tachy-

fast

Trans-

across

Ultra-

beyond

Un-

not

Bi-

two

Hemi-

half

Mono-

one

Multi-

many

Nulli-

none

Pan-

all

Poly-

many

Quadri-

four

Semi-

partial, half

Tetra-

four

Tri-

three

-algia

pain

-cele

protrusion

-cyte

cell

-dynia

pain

-extasis

dilation

-gen

that which produces

-genesis

produces

-genic

producing

-ia

condition

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation

-logical

pertaining to study of

-logist

one who studies

-logy

study of

-lytic

destruction

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlarged

-oma

tumor, mass

-opsy

view of

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-plasm

formation

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

dropping

-rrhage

abnormal flow

-rrhagia

abnormal flow condition