Medical Terminology-A Short Course-Chapter 1

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer, cancerous

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum, largest part of the brain

cyst/o

urinary bladder

cyt/o

cell

derm/o and dermat/o

skin

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines (often the small intestine)

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

gnos/o

knowledge

gynec/o

woman, female

hem/o and hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

lapar/o

abdomen (area between the chest and the hip)

leuk/o

white

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

onc/o

tumor

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

psych/o

mind

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh

thromb/o

clotting

-al; -ic

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

cutting out; removal, excision

-emia

blood condition

-globin

protein

-gram

record

-ia

condition

-ism

condition; process

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist in the study of

-logy

study of

oma-

tumor, mass

-opsy

to view

-osis

abnormal condition

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-scopy

process of visual examination

-sis

state of

-tomy

process of cutting into; incision

a-; an-

no, not

aut-

self

dia-

complete, through

dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

endo-

within

exo-

outside

hyper-

excessive, more than normal, too much

hypo-

below, less than normal, under

peri-

surrounding

pro-

before, forward

re-

back

retro-

behind

sub-

below, under