Med-Term Module 1 Word List

Arthr/o

Joint

Cardi/o

Heart

Enter/o

Intestine

Gastr/o

Stomach

Hepat/o

Liver

Neur/o

Nerve

Hem/o, Hemat/o

Blood

My/o, Muscul/o

Muscle

Angi/o, Vas/o, Vascul/o

Vessel

Derm/o, Dermat/o, Cutane/o

Skin

Pneum/o, Pneumon/o, Pulmon/o

Lung

Gen/o

Creation, cause

Hydr/o

Water

Morph/o

Shape, form

Myc/o

Fungus

Necr/o

Death

Path/o

Disease

Phag/o

Eat, swallow

Plas/o

Formation, development

Py/o

Pus

Sten/o

Narrowing

Xer/o

Dry

-ole

Small

-algia

Pain

-emia

Blood condition

-iasis

Presence of

-itis

Inflammation

-lysis

Breakdown, destruction

-malacia

Softening

-megaly

Enlargement

-pathy

Disease

-penia

Deficiency

-ptosis

Drooping

-rrhage

Excessive flow

-rrhea

Discharge/Flow

-spasm

Involuntary contraction

-centesis

Surgical puncture

-gram

Record

-scope

Instrument for viewing

-scopy

Process of viewing

-ectomy

Removal

-plasty

Reconstruction

-rrhaphy

Suture

-stomy

Creation of an opening

a-, an-

Without, not

anti-, contra-

Against, opposite

de-, dee-

Down, away

Ante-, Pre-

Before

Brady-

Slow

Tachy-

Fast

Post-

After

Ab-

Away from

Ad-

Toward

Circum-, Peri-

Around

Dia-, Trans-

Through

Extra-

Outside

En-, Endo-, Intra-

Inside

Epi-

Upon

Sub-

Under

Inter-

Between

Bi-

Two

Hemi-, Semi-

Half

Hyper-

Over, excessive

Hypo-

Under, deficient

Macro-

Large

Micro-

Small

Mono-, Uni-

One

Oligo-

Few

Pan-

All

Poly-, Multi-

Many

Dys-

Bad, difficult

Eu-

Good, normal