Medical Term

plasty

surgical restoration

ectomy

surgical removal

gram

written record

graph

instrument for recording

encephalo

brain

itis

inflammation

oscopy

visual exam

otomy

cutting into, incision

ostomy

creating an opening

-rrhaphy

suture

pexy

fixation

procto

rectum

fascia

fibrous membrane

chir

hand

herni

rupture

hyster

uterus

-algia

pain

-cide

to kill

cise

to cut

-emia

blood

-genic

origin

-megaly

enlargement, large

Necrosis

death of tissue

-oma

tumor

-ology

study of

-pathy

disease

-rrhage

flow

-tome

instrument used to cut

Suffix: pertaining to

-ac -al -ic -eal -ary - ous

andeo

gland

aero

air

broncho

bronchus

chole

bile

cerebro

brain, cerebrum

chondro/io

cartilage

colo

colon

costo

rib

cranio

skull

cyto

cell

cysto

bladder

derma

skin

gyne

women

hema or hemat

blood

hepat

liver

leuko

white

lipo

fat

litho

stone

mast

breast

nephro

kidney

oopher

ovary

osteo

bone

stoma

opening

thrombus

blood clot

tracheo

trachea

a, an

without

ad-

toward

ante-

before

anti

against

bi-

two

dis-

apart

dys

painful

endo

within

extra

outside

hemi-

half

hyper

above

hypo

below

inter

between

intra

within, inside

neo

new

para

beside, near

per

through

peri

around

post

after

pre

before

sub

under

supra

above

trans

across