Medical Terminology

a -

not; without

ab –

off, from, away

acromi –

point of the shoulder blade

acu –

a needle

ad –

to; toward

adipo –

fat

aesthes –

sensation; perception

alb –

white

amput –

cut off; cut away

an –

without

anti –

opposite of; against

apex –

tip; extremity

aqua –

water

arthr

joint

asthma –

gasping; panting

audi-

hearing

aur-

an ear

axilla –

armpit

benign –

good, friendly, kind

bi–

two, twice, double

brachi–

the arm

brachy/brevi-

short

buccal-

cheek

caec –

blind

calcaneo -

heel

calx –

heel

capit –

head

carcinoma –

cancer

card –

the heart

carp –

the wrist

castr –

deprive of generative power

caud –

tail

cele –

a rupture, hernia; a tumor

cephal –

head

cer –

wax

cereb –

brain

cervic –

neck

chondr –

cartilage

chori –

a skin, membrane

circum

around

cis –

on this side

cleid –

the clavicle

cnem –

part of the leg between the knee and ankle

cochl –

a snail

condyl –

a knuckle; knob

corn –

horn; horny

cost –

rib

cox –

hip

crani –

the skull

crist-

crest

crur –

the leg

cryo -

cold

cuspi –

a point

cuti –

skin

cyan -

blue

cyst –

the bladder

cyt –

a cell

delt–

triangular

dorsi–

back

dur–

hard

dys–

bad, malicious; hard

ecto-

outside

ectop-

displaced; foreign

\-ectomy

cut out

edema –

swelling

eff –

out; away’ from

embol –

a wedge

\-emia

blood

\-emesis

vomit

enceph al –

brain

endo –

within; inner

enter –

intestine

epi -

above

erythr –

red

esthesi –

sensation; perception

eu –

good, well

exo –

outside, out

fibul –

a clasp; buckle

fasci –

a bundle; a band

front –

the forehead

gangli –

a knot on a string

gast –

the stomach; belly

giganto -

gigantic

gingiv –

the gums

glen –

a pit; socket

glom –

a ball

gloss –

tongue

glut –

the rump

gomph –

a wedge-shaped bolt or nail

gyn –

a woman; female

hallu –

big toe

hem –

blood

hemi –

one half

hepato –

liver

herni –

rupture

hist –

tissue

humer-

shoulder

hyal-

glass; transparent

hyper –

excessive

hypo-

beneath; under