RAD 300: Med Term

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancerous; cancer

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

cis/o

root: to cut

crin/o

to secrete (to form and give off)

cyst/o

urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid

cyt/o

cell

derm/o, dermat/o

skin

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines (usually small intetine)

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

glyc/o

glucose; sugar

gnos/o

knowledge

gynec/o

word root for woman; female

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

latr/o

physician; treatment

leuk/o

white

log/o

study

neur/o

nerve

onc/o

tumor

opthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

ped/o

child

psych/o

mind

radi/o

x-ray; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone)

ren/o, nephr/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh; connective tissue

sect/o

to cut

thromb/o

clot

ur/o

urine, urinary tract

-ac, -al, -ic,-ical

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

suffix: cell

-ectomy

removal; excision; resection

-emia

blood condition

-genic

suffix;

produced by or in

-globin

protein

-gram

record

-ion

suffix: process

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study (process of)

-oma

tumor; mass; fluid collection

-opsy

view of

-osis

condition, usually abnormal

-pathy

disease condition

-scope

instrument for visual examination

-scopy

visual examination

-sis

state of; condition

-tomy

process of cutting

-y

condition; process

a-, an-

no; not; without

aut-, auto-

self; own

dia-

prefix: complete; through

endo-

in; within

epi-

above; upon; on

ex-, exo-

out; outsideof; outward

hyper-

above; exvessive; more than normal

hypo-

deficient; below; under; less than normal

in-

in; into; not

peri-

surrounding; around

pro-

before; forward

retro-, re-

behind; back; backward

sub-

under; below

trans-

across; through