Medical Terminology Chapter 4

iatr/o

medicine, physician, medical treatment

-iatry

medicine, physician, medical treatment

medic/o

medicine, medical treatment

medicus

medicine, physician, medical treatment (nom singular)

medici

medicine, physician, medical treatment (gen singular)

therap/o

treatment

therapeut/o

treatment

-therapy

treatment

pharmac/o

drugs, medicine

pharmaceutic/o

drugs, medicine

diet/o

food

chirurgic/o

surgery

log/o

word, speech

-logy

the study of

nom/o

law, custom

-nomy

knowledge, laws of

physi/o

nature, growth, function

physic/o

physical, natural

techn/o

art, skill

erg/o

work, function

-ergasia

work, function

san/o

health

sanit/o

health

sanus

health (nom singular)

sana

health (gen singular)

sanum

health (gen plural)

hygien/o

health

hygiei/o

health

anthrop/o

human

hom/o

human

homin/o

human

idi/o

individual, distinct

dem/o

people

ethn/o

race, culture

gen/o

race, kind, hereditary, gene

genus

family (nom singular)

generis

family (gen singular)

andr/o

male, masculine, stamen of flower

viril/o

male, masculine

gyn/o

female, feminine, pistil of flower

gynec/o

female, feminine, pistil of flower

femin/o

woman, female

femina

woman, female (nom singular)

feminae

woman, female (gen singular)

ped/o

child

pueril/o

child

ger/o

elderly, old age

geront/o

elderly, old age

presby/o

elderly, old age

sen/o

elderly, old age

senil/o

elderly, old age

gnos/o

knowledge, knowing

gnost/o

knowledge, knowing

-gnosia

knowledge, knowing

-gnosis

knowledge, knowing

-gnomy

a means of knowing

eti/o

cause

aeti/o

cause

esthesi/o

sensation, feeling

-esthesia

sensation, feeling

morb/o

disease

morbus

disease (nom singular)

morbi

disease (gen singular)

nos/o

disease

-nosis

disease

path/o

disease, feeling, suffering

-pathy

disease, feeling, suffering

-path

one affected by disease, one who treats disease

mort/o

death

mors

death (nom singular)

mortis

death (gen singular)

thanat/o

death

-thanasia

death

necr/o

dead body, dead

febr/o

fever

febris

fever (nom + gen singular)

pyr/o

fever, fire

pyret/o

fever

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

-emia

condition of blood

-hemia

condition of blood

poly-

many

mult/i

many

multus

many (nom singular)

multa

many (gen singular)

multum

many (gen plural)

cal/o

heat, calorie

calor/o

heat, calorie

calor

heat, calorie (nom singular)

caloris

heat, calorie (gen singular)

rubr/o

red, redness

ruber

red, redness (nom singular)

rubra

red, redness (gen singular)

rubrum

red, redness (gen plural)

erythr/o

red, redness, red blood cells

tum/o

swelling, tumor, abnormal mass

tumor

swelling, tumor, abnormal mass (nom singular)

tumoris

swelling, tumor, abnormal mass (gen singular)

onc/o

swelling, tumor, abnormal mass