Medical Specialties and Specialists

-er, -ist

One who

-iatrician

practitioner

-logist

one who studies; specialist

-ac, -al, -ic, -ical

pertaining to

-logic, -logical

pertaining to the study of

-iatrics, -iatry

medical profession or treatment

-logy

study or science of

cardi/o

heart

crin/o

to secrete

dermat/o

skin

esthesi/o

felling or sensation

gastr/o

stomach

enter/o

intestines

ger/a, ger/o, geront/o

elderly

gynec/o

female

immun/o

immunene

ne/o

new

nat/o

birth

neur/o

nerve

obstetr/o

midwife

onc/o

tumor

ophthalm/o

eye

orth/o

straight

ped/o

child

ot/o

ear

laryng/o

larynx

path/o

disease

psych/o

mind

radi/o

radiation (or radius)

rheumat/o

rheumatism

rhin/o

nose

ur/o

urinary tract (or urine)