Leonard: Quick & Easy Medical Terminology, 8th Edition (Chapter 2)

-er, -ist

One who

-iatrician

practioner

-iatrics, -iatry

Medical profession or treatment

-logist

One who studies; specialist

-acm -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ive, -tic

Pertaining to

-logic, -logical

Pertaining to the study of

-logy

Study or science of

cardi/o

Heart

crin/o

To secrete

esthesi/o

Feeling or sensation

gastr/o

Stomach

enter/o

Intestines

ger/a, ger/o, geront/o

Eldery

gynec/o

Female

immun/o

Immune

ne/o

New

nat/o

Birth

neur/o

Nerve

obstetr/o

Midwife

onc/o

Tumor

ophthalm/o

Eye

ortho/o

Straight

ot/o

Ear

ped/o

Child; sometimes foot

laryng/o

Larynx

path/o

Disease

psych/o

Mind

radi/o

Radiation

rheumat/o

Rheumatism

rhin/o

nose

ur/o

Urinary tract

-centesis

Puncture

-ectomy

Excision

-lysis

Process of loosening, freeing or destroying

-pexy

Surgical fixation

-plasty

Surgical repair

-rrhaphy

Suture

-scopy

Visual examination with a lighted instrument

-stomy

Formation of an opening

-tome

An instrument used for cutting

-tomy

Incision

aden/o

Gland

angi/o

Vessel

Append/o, appendic/o

Appendix

bi/o

Life

blephar/o

Eyelid

cerebr/o, encephal/o

Brain

chir/o

Hand

col/o

Colon or large intestine

cuane/o, derm/a, derm/o, dermat/o

Skin

faci/o

Face

hepat/o

Liver

mamm/o, mast/o

Breast

muscul/o, my/o

Muscle

myel/o

Bone marrow or spinal cord

oste/o

Bone

pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o

Lungs

tonsill/o

Tonsil

trache/o

Trachea

vas/o

Vessel; ductus deferns

-algia, -dynia

Pain

-cele

Hernia

-ectasia, -ectasis

Dilation

-edema

Swelling

-emesis

Vomiting

-emia

Condition of blood

-ia, -iasis

Condition

-itis

Inflammation

-lith

Stone

-malacia

Soft, softening

-mania

Excessive preoccupation

-megaly

Enlargement

-oid

Resembling

-oma

Tumor

-osis

Condition

-pathy

Disease

-penia

Deficiency

phobia

Abnormal fear

-ptosis

Prolapse

-rrhage, -rrhagia

Excessive bleeding or hemorrhage

-rrhea

Flow or discharge

-rrhexis

Rupture

-spasm

Twitching, cramp

-stasis

Stopping,controlling

-able, -ible

Capable of, able to

-ase

Enzyme

-em, ium

Membrane

-ia, ism

Condition or theory

-iac

One who suffers

-opia

Vision

-ous

Pertaining to or characterized by

-y

State or condition

adip/o, lip/o

Fat

amyl/o

Starch

glyc/o

Sugar

-ose

Sugar

hemat/o

Blood

lact/o

Milk

lith/o

Stone

micro-

Small