Medical Terminology/Abbreviations 1.0

Brady-

Slow

-itis

Inflammation

-ostomy

New opening

-ectomy

Surgical excision

-ostomy

Incision

Scope

Instrument

Cardi/o

Heart

Hypo

Below, under, deficient

Glyc/o/s

Sweet sugar, glucose

Emia

Blood condition

Hepat

Liver

Tachy-

Fast

Cyan-

Blue

-osis

Condition

A-

No, not, without, apart

An- 

No, not, without, lack of

-statis

Control, stopping

Micro-

Small

Macro-

Large

-megaly

Enlargement, large

Nephro-

Kidney

My/o

Muscle

-pathy

Disease

Chol/e

Gallbladder, bile

Cyst/o

Bladder, sac

-algia

Pain

Leuk/o

White

Penia

Lack of, deficiency

Thromb/o

Clot

Erythr/o

Red

Cyt/o

Cell

Poly

Many, much, excessive

Multi

Many, much

Dys

Bad, difficult, painful

Brachy

Short

Pulm/o/n/ar

Lung

-pnea

Lack of, deficiency

-phagia

To eat

Neuralgia

Nerve pain

-oma

Tumor

Hyper-

Above, beyond, excessive

Jaund or Cirrho

Orange-yellow

Melan/o

Black

Ab

Away from

Ad 

Toward, near

Ambi

Both

Peri

Around

Pre

Before

Post

After, behind

Uni

One

Bi

Two, double

Tri

Three

Tetra

Four

-genesis

Formation, produce

-ase

Enzyme

-systole

Contraction

Auscultat

Listen to

Hydr/o

Water

Infarct

Necrosis of an area

-graphy

Recording

Radi/o

Radiating out

Chromo

Color

Homeo

Similar, likeness, constant

Olig(o)

Little, scanty

Mon(o)

One

Pan

All

Pseudo

False

Sub

Below, under, beneath

Inter

Between

Intra

Within

Infer

Below

Hemi

Half

-phasia

To speak

Gastr/o

Stomach

Hem/o

Blood

Neur/o

Nerve

Oste/o

Bane

Aden/o

Gland

Arthr/o

Joint

Cervic/o

Cervix, neck

Costo

Rib

Glosso

Tongue

Litho

Stone

oto

Ear

Ocu, Opti

Eye

Psycho

Mind

Rhino

Nose

Thor/a

Chest or chest cavity

Vasc

Vascular

auto

Self

Neo

New