"Medical Terminology for Health Professions" Chapter 1: Intro to Medical Terminology (Roots and Suffixes)

appendic/o

appendix

-itis

inflammation

lith/o

stone

-otomy

surgical incision

myel/o

spinal cord and bone marrow

-pathy

disease

my/o

muscle

pre-

before or in front of

peri-

around or surrounding

post-

after

cardi/o

heart

-ectomy

surgical removal

AB

away from

A

away from, negative, and without

AD-

means toward or in the direction of

dys-

difficult, painful or bad.

eu-

well, easy, or good.

Hyper-

over, above or increased

Hypo-

below, under, or decreased

Inter-

between or among

Intra-

within or inside

Poly-

many

Olig/o

a coming form which means few, scant, or little

Sub-

means under, less, or below.

Cost/o

Ribs

Super- and Supra-

both means above, excessive, or beyond

Neur/o

nerve

-plasty

surgical repair

Tonsill/o

tonsil

Peri + Cardi/o + -Ectomy

Pericariectomy- surgical removal of a portion of the membrane surrounding the heart.

Tonsill/o + -Itis

Tonsillitis- inflammation of the tonsils

-algia

pain and suffering

Gastr/o

stomach

-dynia

pain

-malacia

abnormal softening of the walls of an artery or arteries

Arteri/o

artery

-megaly

large, enlargement

-necrosis

death of tissue

-osis

disease or abnormal condition

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

-stenosis

abnormal tightening or narrowing

-um

structure or tissue

Oste/o

bone

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes, or to remove excess fluid

Abdomin/o

abdomen

Append/o and Appendic/o

appendix

-graphy

process of recording a picture or record

-gram and -graph

both used to descrive the resulting record or picture

-ology

means the study of

Ne/o

new

Nat/o

born

-ostomy

to surgically create an artificial mouth or a stoma (opening)

Col/o

colon

-otomy

cutting into or a surgical incision

-scopy

to see through visual examination

End/o

within

The "Four R's"

-rrhagia or -rrhage/ -rrhaphy/ -rhea/ -rrhexis

-rrhagia or -rrhage

bursting forth, abnormal, or excessive flow

-rrhaphy

suture or stitch

-rrhea

flow or dischare. This is less violent than the flow descrived by -rrhagia

-rrhexis

rupture

hem/o

relating to blood

Ot/o

ear

Rhin/o

nose

Laryng/o

larynx

Ather/o

plaque or fatty substance

Arthr/o

joint

ile/o

Ileum

(part of the small intestine)

ili/o

ilium

(part of the hip bone)

enter/o

small intestine

my/c

fungus

pyel/o

renal pelvis

py/o

pus

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white

poli/o

gray