Medical Terminology: Lessons 1–4 Worksheets

A comprehensive vocabulary review of medical prefixes, suffixes, and combining word forms and their definitions from Lessons 1 through 4.

gastr

Stomach

cardi

Heart

megal

Enlarged

itis

Inflammation

dermat

Skin

plast

Surgical repair

cerebr

Brain

path

Disease

ectomy

Surgical removal

enter

Intestines

osis

Any condition

otomy

Cut into

aden

Gland

angi

Vessel

oma

Tumor

nephr

Kidney

hepat

Liver

arthr

Joint

blephar

Eyelid

ologist

Specialist

rhin

Nose

gingiv

Gum

malacia

Soft

ology

The study of

spasm

Involuntary contraction

algia

Pain

crani

Skull

end

Inside, within

hemi

Half

oid

Like, resembling

hyper

Above, more than normal

cyst

Bladder, sac containing fluid

chole

Bile

hypo

Under

scop

Observe

hyster

Uterus

ostomy

Create an opening

para

Beside, beyond

lysis

Loosen, destruction

cervic

Neck

chondr

Cartilage

cyan

Blue

hem(at)

Blood

ost

Bone

psycho

Mind

lip

Fat

my

Muscle

lith

Stone

ophthalm

Eye

proct

Anus

cost-

Rib

-gram

Record

acro-

Extremities

-rhexis

Break, burst, rupture

carcin-

Cancer

-penia

Decrease

gen-

Production

burso-

Sac

retr(o)-

Backwards

trip-

Rub, friction

strept-

Twist

-desis

Bindings

mani-

Madness

glosso-

Tongue

-trophy

Development

supra-

Above

-ptosis

Falling

dyn-

Pain

mast-

Breast

-rrhaphy

Sutures

dent-

Teeth

cephal-

Head

auto-

Self

epi-

Upon

hydro-

Water

lobo-

Section

-emesis

Vomiting

contra-

Against, counter

-iasis

Condition

trans-

Through, across

brady-

Slow

-ectasis

Expansion

cyt-

Cell

odont-

Tooth

leuk-

White

-esthesia

Sensation

cantho-

Angle at the end of the eyelid

steno-

Narrow, contract

cheil-

Lip

-cele

Hernia

benign

Not cancerous, mild

semen

Seed

celio-

Abdomen

erythro-

Red

vaso-

Vessel

melan-

Black

cauda-

Tail

lingua-

Tongue

myring-

Eardrum

spondyl-

Spinal column