Medical Terminology Exam 1

word root

foundation of a word

combining vowel

a vowel that connects word parts (cardi/o)

combining form

word root plus combining vowel

suffix

only necessary part of a word

abdominal region

anterior side of trunk, stomach area

brachial region

shoulder and arms

cephalic region

head

cervical region

neck

crural region

legs

dorsum area

lat area, back

bi/o

life

cardi/o

heart

dermat/o

skin

immun/o

immunity

neur/o

nerve

path/o

disease

gynec/o

female

hemat/o

blood

laryng/o

voice box

nephr/o

kidney

ophthalm/o

eye

ot/o

ear

path/o

disease

pulmon/o

lung

rhin/o

nose

bi-

two

hemi-

half

mono-

one

multi-

many

nulli-

none

pan-

all

poly-

many

quadri-

four

semi-

partial, half

tetra-

four

tri-

three

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

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

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-genesis

produces

-genic

producing

-ia

condition

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlarged

-oma

tumor, mass

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

drooping

-rrgage

abnormal flow

-rrhagia

abnormal flow condition

-rrhea

discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-stenosis

narrowing

-trophy

development

-ac, -al, -ar, -atic, -eal, -iac, -ine, -ory, -nic, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-a plural form (vertebra)

-ae (vertebrae)

-ax plural form (thorax)

-ces (thoraces)

-ex or -ix plural form (appendix)

-ices (appendices)