1. Basic Concepts

Hist/o

Tissue

Hepat/o

Liver

Erythr/o

Red

Oste/o

Bone

\-logy

Study

Histology

Study of tissue

Gastr/o

Stomach

Gastritis

Inflammation of the stomach

Vagin/o

Vagina

trans-

Through; across (t)

Transvaginal

Pertaining to across/through vagina

\-phobia

Fear

poly-

Many (p)

Polyphobia

Fear of many things

Arthr/o

Joint

Osteoarthritis

Inflammation of the bone and joint

Cardi/o

Heart

Cardiac

Pertaining to heart

Hidr/o

Sweat

\-osis

Abnormal condition

hyper-

Excessive

Hyperhidrosis

A condition of excessive sweating

Hepatitis

Inflammation of the liver

Cytology

Study of the cell

Cholegraphy

Act of recording bile/gall

Hypokalemia

Low blood potassium level

\-emia

Blood condition

Polyuria

Condition of peeing in large amounts

Arthroscope

Instrument for viewing the joints

Vertebral

Relating to vertebrae/backbone

Oligospermia

Condition of having low sperm count

Oligo-

Few; scanty

Transrectal

Pertaining to across the rectum

Abdominopelvic

Pertaining to the abdomen and the pelvis

\-ac; -al; -ar; -ary

\-ic; -iac

\-oid

\-ician

\-y

Grammatical Suffixes

\-ac; -al; -ar; -ary

Pertaining to; like

\-ic; -iac

Pertaining to

\-oid

Resembling

\-ician

Specialist

\-y

Condition/process

\-itis; -lith; -malacia

Pathological Suffixes

\-itis

Inflammation

\-lith

Stone/calculus

\-malacia

Softening

\-tripsy; -tomy; -plasty

Surgical Suffixes

\-tripsy

Crushing

\-tomy

Incision

\-plasty

Surgical plastic repair

\-graph; -scope; -metry

Diagnostic Suffixes

\-graph

Instrument for recording

\-scope

Instrument for examining

\-metry

Act of measuring

epi-; hypo-; infra-

Positional Prefixes

epi-

Above; upon

hypo-

Under; below (h)

infra-

Under; below (i)

dia-; ecto-; supra-

Directional Prefixes

dia-

Through; across (d)

ecto-

Within

supra-

Superior

macro-; micro-; multi-

Number Prefixes

macro-

Large

micro-

Small

multi-

Many (m)