CH 1: Intro- McGraw Hill med language

gen/o

creation, cause

hydr/o

water

morph/o

change

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

orth/o

straight

path/o

suffering, disease

phag/o

eat

plas/o

formation

py/o

pus

scler/o

hard

sten/o

narrowing

troph/o

nourishment

xen/o

foreign

xer/o

dry

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-tic

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-ia

condition

-ism

condition

-ium

tissue, structure

-y

condition, procedure

-icle

small

-ole

small

-ule

small

-ula

small

-iatrics

medical science

-iatry

medical science

-iatrist

specialist in medicine of

-ist

specialist

-logist

specialist in the study of

-logy

study of

-centesis

puncture

-gram

written record

-graph

instrument used to produce a record

-graphy

process of recording

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-scope

instrument used to look

-scopy

process of looking

-algia

pain

-dynia

pain

-cele

hernia

-emia

blood condiditon

-iasis

presence of

-itis

inflammation

-lysis

loosen, break down

-malacia

abnormal suffering

-megaly

enlargment

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhange

excessive flow

-rrhagia

excessive flow

-rrhea

flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-desis

binding, fixation

-ectomy

removal

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

reconstruction

-rrhaphy

suture

-stomy

creation of an opening

-tomy

incision

a-

not

an-

not

anti-

against

contra-

against

de-

down, away from

-a (sing)

-ae (plural)

-ax (sing)

-aces (plural)

-ex (sing)

-ices (plural)

-ix (sing)

-ices (plural)

-is (sing)

-es (plural)

-ma (sing)

-mata (plural)

-on (sing)

-a (plural)

-um (sing)

-a (plural)

-us (sing)

-i (plural)

-y (sing)

-ies (plural)

ante-

before

pre-

before

pro

before, on behalf of

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

post-

after

re-

again

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

cutane/o

skin

pneum/o

lung

pneumon/o

lung