Medical Terminology Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

Vocabulary flashcards mapping medical word roots, prefixes, and suffixes to their definitions directly from the transcript.

-(a)emia

blood condition

(h)(a)em/at/(o)

blood

a(n)-

without, lack of

ad-

to, next to

-al

-alis

append(o)

appendix

-ar

arteri(o)

artery

arthr(o)

joint, articulation

-ary

axill(o)

armpit, axilla

brachi(o)

(upper) arm

cardi(o)

heart

cerebr(o)

brain

chole

bile, gall-

chondr(o)

cartilage

circulat(o)

circulation

col/on/(o)

colon, large intestine

cutane(o)

skin

cyst(o)

bladder

-cyte

cell

derm/at/(o)

skin

-ectomy

surgical removal

electro-

electrical

em-

into, inside

-ema

accumulation

encephal(o)

brain

endo-

inside, in

enter(o)

intestine

erythr(o)

red

ex-

out (of)

femor(o)

thighbone, femur

fibr(o)

fiber

-form

shaped, formed

gastr(o)

stomach

gingiv(o)

gingiva, tooth gum

-gram

graphic record

-graphy

graphic visualization

gyn(a)ec(o)

woman

hal/at/(o)

breathing

hepat(o)

liver

hyp(o)-

(be)low, too little

hyper-

over, too much

hyster(o)

womb, uterus

-ia

-ics

study (of)

integument(o)

integument (skin+hair)

intestin(o)

intestine

-itis

inflammation

-ive

lapar(o)

abdomen

laryng(o)

larynx, voice box

lingu(o)

tongue

-lith

stone

-logist

scientist

-logy

study (of)

macro-

large, big

mamm(o)

breast

mast(o)

breast

mega-

large, big

-megaly

enlargement

muscul(o)

muscle

my(o)

muscle

nas(o)

nose

nephr(o)

kidney

nerv(o)

nerve

neur(o)

nerve

obstetr(o)

midwife

occipit(o)

occiput, back of head

-oid

shaped, formed

olfact(o)

smell, sense of smell

oophor(o)

ovary

or(o)

mouth

orchi/d/(o)

testicle

orth(o)

straight

-ory

oste(o)

bone

ot(o)

ear

-ous

ox(o)

oxygen

paed(o)

child

peri-

around

-phoresis

transfer

phys(o)

air

-plasia

formation, growth

-plasty

plastic surgery, reconstruction, repair

pneum/on/(o)

lung

-porosis

porous condition (with cavities)

proct(o)

rectum

pulmon(o)

lung

re-

again

ren(o)

kidney

reproduct(o)

reproduction

respirat(o)

breathing

rhin(o)

nose

-rrhage

bleeding

saliv(o)

saliva

salping(o)

uterine tube, Fallopian tube, oviduct

-sclerosis

hardening