CCIC medical terms

root

The basic meaning of the term.

prefix

Indicates position or direction, color, negation, number or time

ectomy

Surgical removal.

itis

Inflammation of.

abduction

Movement away from the midline.

adduction

Movement toward the midline.

Anterior.

closer to the front of the body

flexion

Decreasing the angle of a joint; bending a joint.

superior

Closer to the top of the body.

combining form

A vowel added to a root word to connect two parts.

neur

nerves

peri

Around or surrounding.

anti

Against.

superficial

Closer to the surface of the body (external).

distal

Away from the point of attachment.

endo

In or within.

sagittal plane

A plane that divides the body into left and right parts.

prone

Lying face down.

oste

bone.

Hepat

Liver.

my

Muscle.

Crani

Skull.

frontal plane

Splits the body into front and back halves.

a/an

Not, without.

lateral

Further from the midline.

suffix

Disease, condition, procedure, or profession

arthr

joint

cardi

heart

Derm

Skin

Epi

above or upon

gastr

stomach

hepat

liver

logist

One who specializes in the study of

logy

science or study of

oma

tumor

pathy

disease

pulmon

lung

deep

away from the surface of the body (internal)

extension

increasing hte angle of a joint; straightening at a joint

inferior

closer to the bottom of the body

medial

closer to midline

posterior

closer to the back of the body

proximal

close to the point of attachment

superficial

closer to the surface of the body (external)

supine

lying face up

transverse plane

splits body in upper adn lower halves

Asthenia

Weakness, debility

Brachi

arm

ped

foot/child

vertebr

vertebrae

cervic

neck

orth

straight

Synov

Synovial membrane/ synovial fluid

Chondr

Cartilage

Dys

Bad, painful, difficult

Syn

union, together, joined

porosis

porous

clast

to break, destroys

malacia

softening

muscul

muscles

kinesi

movement

scope

tool for visual examination

scopy

visual examination

encephal

brain

meningi

meninges

narc

stupor, numbness, sleep

myel

bone marrow/spinal cord

para

adjacent, involving two parts, abnormal

esthesia

sensation, feeling

taxia

order or coordination

plegia

paralysis

paresis

partial paralysis

algia

pain

hemi

half