STUDY CHAP 1. - MED TERM.

Med. language

a-

not, without

ab-

away

ad-

to, toward

an-

without, not

ante-

before

anti-

against

bi-

two

brady-

slow

circum-

around

con-

with, together

contra-

against, opposite

de-

down, away

dia-

through

dys-

bad, unordered

e-, ex-, ec-

out, out of

ecto-, exo-, extra-

outside

en-, endo-

inside

epi-

over, above

eu-

good

hemi-

half

hyper-

over, above

hypo-

under/below

inter-

between

intra-

inside, within

macro-

large

micro-

small

mono-

one

multi-

many

oligo-

few

pan-

all

poly-

many

post-

after

pre-

before

peri-

around

pro-

before

re-

again

sub-

under

supra-

above

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

uni-

one

angi/o

blood vessel

arthr/o

joint

cardi/o

heart

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

enter/o

intestine

gastr/o

stomach

gen/o

begin, form

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hydr/o

water

morph/o

change

muscul/o

muscle

my/o

muscle

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

neur/o

nerve

orth/o

straight

path/o

suffering/disease

phag/o

eat

plas/o/ & -plasia

build/formation

pneum/o

lung

pneumon/o

lung

pulmon/o

lung

py/o

pus

scler/o

hard

sten/o

narrowing

troph/o

nourishment, development, growth

vas/o

blood vessel

vascul/o

blood vessel

xen/o

foreign

xer/o

dry

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-algia/-dynia

pain

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-cele

hernia, pushing, bulging

-centesis

puncture to remove fluid

-eal

pertaining to

-ectomy

removal

-emia

blood condition

-gram

written record

-graph

instrument used to produce a record

-graphy

process of recording

-ia/-iasis/-ism

condition

-iatrics

medical care

-iatrist

specialist in medicine of

-iatry

medical science

-ic

pertaining to

-icle

small

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-ium

structure, tissue

-logist

specialist

-logy

study of

-lysis

breakdown

-megaly

enlargement