FINAL MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY HITT-1305

Carcin/o

cancer

cyt/o

cell

epitheli/o

epithelium

hist/o

tissue

lip/o

fat

my/o

muscle

neur/o

nerve

onc/o/oma

tumor

path/o

disease

radi/o

x-rays

sarc/o

flesh connective tissue

system/o

system

vicer/o

internal organs

-al

pertaining to

-genic

producing, originating, causing.

-ic

pertaining to

-logist

one who studies and treats

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-plasm

growth(substance or formation)

-stasis

control, stop

meta-

beyond

neo-

new

anter/o

front

caud/o

tail(downward)

cephal/o

head

dist/o

away(from the point of attachment)

dors/o

back

infer/o

below

later/o

side

medi/o

middle

poster/o

back, behind

proxim/o

near(the point of attachment)

son/o

sound

audi/o

hearing

super/o

above

tom/o

cut, section, slice

ventr/o

belly front

-al, -ic, -ior

pertaining to

acr/o

extremities

cutane/o

skin

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

myc/o

fungus

onych/o

nail

-a -e -y

no meaning

-itis

inflammation

-osis

abnormal condition

-epi

on, upon, over

hypo- below, deficinet, under

intra-

within

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

xanth/o

yellow

-lysis

dissolution, separating

-ous

pertaining to

per-

through

sub-

below, under

trans-

trough, across, beyond

bronch/o

bronchus, bronchi

capn/o

carbon dioxide

laryng/o

larynx (voice box)

muc/o

mucous

nas/o

nose

ox/i

oxygen

pharyng/o

pharynx (throat)

pneum/o

lung, air

pneumon/o

lung, air

pulmon/o

lung

rhin/o

nose

sinus/o

sinus sinuses

somn/o

sleep

spir/o

breathe, breathing

thorac/o

chest, chest cavity

trache/o

trachea (windpipe)

-ary, -eal

pertaining to

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid (with a sterile needle)

-ectomy

surgical removal excision

-ia

diseace state, condition of

-meter

instrument used to measure

-pnea

breathing

-rrhagia

excessive bleeding

a-, an-

absence of, without

dys-

difficult, painful, abnormal

endo-

within

-al, ous

-ous

-graphy

process of recording, radiographic imaging

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-scope

instrument used for visual examination

-scopic

pertaining to visual examination

-scopy

visual examination

-stomy

creation of an artificial opening

-thorax

chest, chest cavity

-tomy

cut into, incision

poly-

many or much

cyst/o

bladder,sac