Medical Terminology-Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms

1st of collection of cards for Medical Terminology :)

-Algia

Pain, Suffering

Dys-

Bad, difficult, or painful

-ectomy

Surgical removal

hyper-

excessive/increased

hypo-

deficient/decreased

-itis

inflamation

-osis

abnormal condition/disease

-ostomy

surgical creation of artificial opening to the body surface

-otomy

surgical incision

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhage

bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing (sewing)

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

gastr-

stomach

oste-

bone

myel

spinal cord

my

muscle

neur

nerve

Cyan

Blue

Erythr

red

Leuk

White

melan

black

poli

gray

Cyte

Cell

enter

small intestine

tonsill

tonsils

Crani

skull

cardi

heart

-ac

pertaining to

path

disease

-ology

study of

-dynia

Pain

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

abdomin

abdomen

-graphy

process of recording

angi/o

blood vessel

-gram

a picture or record

-scopy

visual examination

Arthr/o

joint

-megaly

enlargement

Hepat/o

liver

Malacia

abnormal softening

arteri/o

artery/arteries

necrosis

tissue death

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

-stenosis

abnormal narrowing

Nat

birth (root word)

peri-

surrounding

ab-

away from, negative, absent

ad-

toward, to, in the direction of

dextr/o

right side

sinistr/o

left side

ex-

out of, outside, away from

in

in, into, not, without

macro

large, abnormal size, or long

micr/o

small

mega-, megal/o

large, great

olig/o

sacnty, few

laryng

throat/larynx

rhin/o

nose

ot/o

ear

eu-

good, normal, well

inter-

between/among

intra-

within or inside

sub-

means under, less or below

super-, supra

above/excessive

lith

stone

appendic

appendix

ather/o

plaque or fatty substance

-Oma

tumor

col

colon

myc/o

fungus

myel/o

bone marrow/Spinal cord

Derm

skin

ologist

specialist

pyel/o

renal pelvis

py/o

pus

pyr/o

fever/fire

vir

virus/poison