Medical Terminology

-ache

Pain

aden(o)

gland, glandular tissue

aer(o)

air, with air,, with oxygen, in gas

-algia

pain

angi(o)

blood vessels,

ante-

before, in front of

anti-

against, opposed to

arteri(o)

artery

arthr(o)

joint

-ase

enzyme

audi(o)

hearing

brady-

slow

bronch(o)

bronchial tube

carcin(o)

cancer

cardi, cardia, cardio

heart

-cele

hernia, tumor, protrusion

-centesis

surgical puncture

cephal(o)

head

cerebr(o)

cerebrum brain

cervic(o)

neck, cervix

chol(e)

bile, gall

chondro

cartilage

-coccus, -cocci

bacteria, organism

col(o)

colon

cortic(o)

cortex

cost(o)

rib

crani(o)

skull, cranium

cyano

blue, blueness

cyst(o)

bladder

cyt(o)

cell

-cyte

cell

clent-

tooth

derm(o), dermat(o)

skin

dipl(o)

double, twofold

dors(o)

back

dys-

difficult, abnormal, bad, painful

-ectomy

excision, removal, to cut out

-emia

blood conditions

encephal

brain, inside the head

end(o)

inside, internal, within

enter(o)

intestine

epi-

outer, upon

erythr(o)

red

eu-

normal, well, good

extra-

outside, beyond

gastr(o)

stomach

-genic

producing, originating

ger(o)

old age

gingiv(o)

gums, gum

gloss(o)

tongue

gluc(o)

sugar

glyc(o)

sugar, sweet

-gram

picture, graph, record

-graph

recording instrument

hemo- / hema-

blood

hemat(o)

blood

hemi-

half

hepat(o)

liver

hidr(o)

sweat, sweat glands

hist(o)

tissue

homo-

same, alike, similar

hydr-

water

hydro-

water, fluid, liquid

hyper

excessive, high, above

hypo

deficient, low, below, down, under

hyster(o)

uterus, womb

-iasis

condition of disease

immun(o)

immune

infra-

below, beneath

inter

between, among

intra-

within inside

iso-

equal, same

-itis

inflammation