MEDTERM: Chapter 1

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer(ous)

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum

cis/o

to cut

crin/o

to secrete

cyst/o

urinary bladder/sac/cyst

cyt/o

cell

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines (usually small)

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

glyc/o

sugar

gnos/o

knowledge

gynec/o

woman/female

hemat/o or hem/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

iatr/o

treatment/physician

leuk/o

white

log/o

study of

nephr/o

kidneys

neur/o

nerve

onc/o

tumor (cancerous)

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

ped/o

child

psych/o

mind

radi/o

x-rays

ren/o

kidneys

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh

sect/o

to cut

thromb/o

clot(ting)

ur/o

urinary tract/urine

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

removal

-emia

blood condition

-genic

produced by/in

-globin

protein

-gram

record

-ic/-ical

pertaining to

-ion

process

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-logy

process of study

-oma

tumor/mass/swelling

-opsy

process of viewing

-osis

condition (usually abnormal)

-pathy

disease/condition

-scope

process of visually examining

-sis

state of/condition

-tomy

process of cutting

-y

process/condition

a-/an-

no/not/without

aut-/auto-

self/own

dia-

complete/through

endo-

within

epi-

above/upon

ex-/exo-

out/outward/outside of

hyper-

excessive/more than normal

hypo-

deficient/less than normal

in-

into/in

peri-

surrounding/around

pro-

before/forward

re-

back(ward)/again

retro-

behind

sub-

below/under

trans-

across/through