MA-Ch1 MedTermsPRS

anterior

front

posterior

back

superior

above

inferior

below

supine

lying on back

prone

lying on stomach

What get added to roots to help connect then to suffixes?

combing vowels like -o -i -e

Word root

core meaning of the term

Suffix

indicates condition, procedure, disease — they tell you whats happening

Prefix

quantity, position, size, time

Phleb

vein

Chondr

cartilage

dactyl

finger, toe

fibr

connective tissue

spondyl, vertebr

spinal cord, vertebra

an

anus

bil

bile

chol

gallbladder

col

colon

icter

jaundice

ile

ileum

lapar

abdominal wall

lingu

tongue

pepsia

digestion

phag

eat, swallow

proct

rectum

stomat

mouth

nas

nose

pleur

pleura

pneum, pneuma

lungs, air

pulmon

lungs

steth

chest

hidr

sweat

trich

hair

onych

nail

xer

dry

angi

blood vessel

vas

vessel

ven

vein

blephar

eyelid

cephal

head

encephal

brain

cerebr

cerebrum

esthesi

sensation

irid, ird

iris

myel

spinal cord, bone marrow

myring

eardrum

lipo

fat

narc

numbness, sleep

necro

death

onc

tumor

pyro-

heat, fever

septic

infection

therm

heat

When do we use a combining vowel?

when the suffix begins with a consonant

andr

male

colp

vagina

cyst

bladder

gravid

pregnant

gynec

female

hyster

uterus

Metr

uterus

Oophor

ovary

Orchid

tetsicles

pyel

renal pelvis

salping

fallopian tube

Ur

urinary

Vesic

bladder

Bronch

bronchial tubes

A- an-

without

• anemia, apnea

Ab-

away, from

Ad-

toward

Ambi-

both

Ante-

before, front

• antecubital

Anti-

against

Auto

self

Circum-

around

Contra-

against

De-

down

• dehydration

Dys-

painful, difficult

Endo-

within, inside

Epi-

above, on

Eu-

normal, good

Ex-, extra-, exo-

outside of

• exocrine

Hemi-

half

Hyper-

above, increase

Hypo-

below, decreased

Infra-

beneath, below

• Infraorbital

Inter-

between

Intra-

within

Levo-

to the left

Meso-

middle

Meta-

beyond, change

• metastasis, metabolism

Presby-

older age

Nulli-

none

Primi-

first

Retro-

behind

Sten-

narrowed

Sym-, syn-

together, with

Ultra-

beyond, excess