Medical Terminology Full Set

ab(abs, a)

from, away from. (English words- abstain, abduct, avert)

ad(ac,ag,at,etc.)

to, toward. (English words - advent, access, aggrandize, attract)

ambi

both, around. (English words- ambidextrous, ambivalent)

ante

before, in front of. (antecedent, antediluvian)

circum

around. (circumvent, circumnavigate, circumference,circumlocution)

con (com, co, col)

with, together, very. ( conduct, compose, collect, cooperate)

contra (contro)

against. ( contradict, controversy, counteract)

de

down,off,thoroughly. ( descend, dejected)

dis (di, dif)

apart, in different directions,not. (dispute,disable, divert,divest, different)

ex (e, ef)

out,from,completely. (expel, expunge, evade, emit, effect)

alg-

pain

bi-

life

chron

time

ge

earth

log-,logue

speech,word,reason

ly-

loosen,break up

mne

to remember

pan-, pant

all, every

phon(e)

sound

pod

foot

tele

far, far away

the-

god

troph

nourish,grow

agon

struggle, contest

angel

messenger, message

centr

center

dem

people

gam

marriage

hem; haem; hemat; haemat

blood

hemer

day

od; hod;

way, road

stol; stal; stle

taph

tomb

thanat; thanas

death

cephal-

head

chol(e)

bile

hyster-

uterus, hysteria

lip-

fat

mast-, maz-

breast

oo-

egg

ot-

ear

phleb-

vein

py-

pus

ur-

urine

neur(o)-

nerve

hydr(o)-

water

oste(o)-

bone

pror-

itch

chem(o)-

chemical

heli(o)-

sun

psych(o)-

mind

brachy-

short

brady-

slow

arthr-

join

cardi-

heart

chondr-

cartilage

cyan

dark blue

cyt(o)-

cell

enter-

intestine

hepat-

liver

melan-

black, dark

myc-, mycet-

fungus, mold

nephr-

kidney

ost(e)-

bone

-tomy

surgical operation

-ectomy

surgical removal of

-rrhea

abnormal discharge

gastr(o)-

stomach

log(o)-

word

aden-

gland

angi-

vessel

ne plus ultra

no more beyond

non sequitur

it does not follow

-ile, -il

pertaining to

per capita

by heads

per diem

by the day

per se

by himself or itsef

persona non grata

a person not acceptable

prima facie

on the first appearance

pro tempore, pro tem

for the time being

reductio ad absurdum

proving whether it’s true or false

sine die

without a day

sine qua non

without which not

-ous

full of

endo-

inside

-itis

inflammation

scler

hard

par-

beside

enter

intestine

-ism

state of

melan

black

-osis

abnormal condition

hepat

liver

chlor-

green

dolich-

long

erythr

red

eury(s)-

wide

leuc-, leuk-

white

mer-

part

platy-

flat, broad