Med Term 2

a

without/devoid of/not

an

devoid of/without

alb

white

auto

self

bi

both/dual/twiceco

co/con/com

along with

de

down/to rid of

dis

to rid of/to undo a natural state

extra/extro

external/beyond

hemi

half

hyper

extreme/excessive/situated above

hyp/hypo

lacking/situated below/underneath

idio

singular/isolated

intra

inside/into

macro

large

micro

small

post

succeeding/after/located behind

pre

prior/former/before/situated in front of

semi

half

syn

linked

trans

from/side to side/through

ultra

extreme/beyond normal

ab

to move away from

ad

move forward

bio

life

necro

death

brady

slow

trachy

fast

endo

in

exo

out

eu

regular/well

dys

hard/irregular/not well

hyper

too much/more than

hypo

too little/less than

retro

backward

antero

forward

nephro/ren/reno

kidneys

omphalo/umbilico

navel

odonto/odont/dent/dento

teeth

mast/masto/mamm/mammo/mamma

breast

mal/dys

bad/faulty/difficult/painful

anti/contra

against

ambi/bi/di

dual/both

epi/super/supra

above

intra/hypo/sub

under

circum

around

dia

through

in

inside/into

inter

between

intra

within

juxta

alongside/near

meso

middle

para

alongside/beyond/two similar parts

peri

around

pre

prior to/before/situated in front of

pro

situated in front of/prior to

re

back

opistho

situated behind/retrograde

deci

one tenth

kilo

1000

illi

one thousandth

mono

one

nulli

zero

primi

first

quadri

four

semi

half

tetra

four

tri

three

uni

one

cyte

cell

cytosis

cells/their functions

esis

condition/sometimes refers to a disease process or symptom

ion

action

spasm

involuntary muscular contraction

stasis

ceasing/remaining at a constant level

stenosis

constricting/narrowing of an anatomical passage

tion

process/state

toxic

poisonous

urla

state of urine/often abnormal

y

condition/sometimes positive or negative

contensis

sterile procedure/done to remove liquid from an anatomical cavity or space

ciasis

crush

desis

fusion through procedure

ectomy

surgical excision/removal of a tissue or organ

graphy

x-ray or CT images are produced and recorded

gram

using x-ray films for diagnostic purposes

graph

tool used to record/create x-ray images for diagnostic use

meter

measuring instrument

metry

obtaining measurement

opsy

check/examine

pexy

respiratory surgical procedure

rrhaphy

patching tissues up with sutures

scope

instrument allows visual examination of an anatomical cavity or an organ of the body

scopy

assessing an organ or a cavity of the body visually/with the ad of an instrument

stomy

surgical new opening in the body

tomy

to cut

algia

pain

asthenia

lack of strength

cele

herniation of the protrusion of a body organ

dynia

pain