Medical Terminology PA School

Enter/o

intestines

Encephalo/a

brain

Gastr/o

stomach

Gnos/o

knowledge

Gynec/o

women/female

Hemat/o

blood

Hepat/o

liver

Latr/o

treatment/physician

Nephr/o

kidney

Neur/o

nerve

Opthalm/o

eye

Oste/o

bone

Cephalo/a

head

Ped/o

child

Psych

mind

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

amni/o

amnion

angi/o

vessel

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

axill/o

armpit

bi/o

life

Verteb/o vertebra(e)

backbone

Viscer/o

internal organs

Ana-

up

Cata-

down

Inter-

between

Intra-

within

Meta

change

-eal

pertaining to

-iac

pertaining to

-ior

pertaining to

-ism process

condition

-ose

pertaining to full of

-plasm

formation

-somes

bodies

-type picture

classification

acr/o

extremities/top/extreme point

acu/o

sharp/ severe/sudden

Inguin/o

groin

Later/o

side

Lumb/o

lower back

Medi/o

middle

Nucle/o

nucleus

Pelv/i

pelvis

Poster/o

back

Proxim/o

nearest

Sacr/o

sacrum

Sarc/o

flesh

Spin/o

spine

Thel/o

nipple

Theli/o

nipple

Thorac/o

chest

Trache/o

trachea/windpipe

Umbilic/o

navel/umbilicus

Ventr/o

belly side

Hypo-

deficient, below

In-

into

Peri-

surrounding

Trans-

across/ through

Abdomin/o

abdomen

Adip/o

fat

Anter/o

front

Cervic/o

neck

Chondr/o

cartilage

Coccyg/o

coccyx (tailbone)

Crani/o

skull

Cyt/o

cell

Dist/o

far/distant

Dors/o

back portion of the body

Hist/o

tissue

Ili/o

ilium

Kary/o

nucleus

-ical

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-emia

blood condition

-genic

pertaining to producing

-gram

record

-ion

process

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-logy

process of study (study of)

-oma

tumor/mass

-pathy

disease condition

A-

no/not/without

An-

no/not/without

Auto-

self/own

Dia-

complete

Epi-

above/upon

Hyper-

excessive/above

Carcin/o

cancerous/cancer

-phoria

to bear/ carry feeling

-physis

to grow

-pnea

breathing

a-

no/not/without

an-

no/not/without

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

ana-

up/apart