HOSA Med Terms

adip/o

fat, A

lip/o

fat, L

steat/o

fat, S

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

axill/o

armpit

blephar/o

eyelid

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum, brain ; C

encephal/o

cerebrum, brain ; E

cervic/o

neck

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

col/o

large intestine

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

cyst/o

urinary bladder

cyt/o

cell

derm/o

skin , m

dermat/o

skin, t

enter/o

small intestine

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

hem/o

blood , m

hemat/o

blood, t

hepat/o

liver

lapar/o

abdominal wall

laryng/o

voice box, larynx

myel/o

spinal cord

my/o

muscle, y

muscul/o

muscle, cul

nas/o

nose, s

rhino/o

nose, r

neur/o

nerve

ophthalm/o

eye, M

ocul/o

eye, L

or/o

mouth, R

stomat/o

mouth, T

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

pancreat/o

pancreas

pharyng/o

throat

pneum/o

lung, M

pneumon/o

lung, N

ren/o

kidneys, N

nephr/o

kidneys, R

splen/o

spleen

thorac/o

chest

thyroid/o

thyroid gland

trache/o

windpipe, trachea

ven/o

vein, N

phleb/o

vein, P

vertebr/o

vertebra

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

poli/o

gray

-algia

pain, painful condition

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-cide

to kill, destroy

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

surgical removal of

-emia

blood, blood condition

-gram

record of

-graph

an instrument used to record

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition, especially an abnormal state

-ion

condition, n

-ism

condition, m

-itis

inflammation of

-lithiasis

presence of or formation of stones

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition or disease

-otomy

surgical incision

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical or plastic repair

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing, respiration

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

-rrhea

drainage, flow, discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-scope

instrument used to view

-scopy

examination using a scope

-sis

action, process, state, condition

-stasis

stappagge, controlling, standing

-stomy

surgically create an artificial mouth or stoma

a-, an-

without, not, absence of

anti-

againist

auto-

self

bi-

two, double

brady-

slow

dys-

bad, difficult, painful

epi-

over, above, upon

eu-

good, normal

hemi-

half

hyper-

above, excessive