HOSA Med. Term. 1

-algia

Pain

Dys-

Bad, difficult, painful

-ectomy

Surgical removal, cutting out

Hyper-

Excessive, increased

Hypo-

Deficient, decreased

-itis

Inflammation

-osis

Abnormal condition, disease

-ostomy

The surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

-otomy

Cutting, surgical incision

-plasty

Surgical repair

-rrhage

-rrhagia

Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

-rrhaphy

Surgical suturing

-rrhea

Flow or discharge

Rrhexis

Rupture

-Sclerosis

Abnormal hardening

Gastr/o

Stomachc

Myel/o

Spinal cord

Oset/o

Bone

My/o

Muscular

Neur/o

Nerve

Arthr/o

Joint

Enter/o

Small intestine

Crani

Skull

-um

-a

-e

-us

-y

Noun ending

Tonsill

Tonsils

Poli/o

Grey

Melan/o

Black

Leuk/o

White

Erythr/o

Red

Cyan/o

Blue

-Cyte

Cell

-ac

-al

-an

-ar

-ary

-Eal

-iCal

-ial

-ic

-ine

-ior

-ory

-ous

-tic

Pertaining to

Cardi/o

Heart

-ago

-esis

-ia

-iasis

-ion

-ism

-osis

Abnormal condition

Path

Diseases

-Ology

Study of

Dynia

Pain

-megaly

Enlargment

Hepat/o

Liver

-malacia

Abnormal softening

Arteri/o

Artery

-necrosis

Tissue death

-stenosis

Abnormal narrowing

-centesis

Surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid

Abdomin/o

Abdomen

-graphy

The process of producing a picture or record

Angi/o

Blood vessel

-gram

Picture or record

-scopy

Visual examination

Hem/o

Blood

Dia-

Through

Natal

Pertaining to birth

Nat

Birth

Pre

Before

Peri

Surrounding

Post

After

Ab

Away from, negative, absent

Dextr/o

Right side

Ex-

Out of, outside, away from

Macro-

Large, abnormal size, long

Mega, megal/o

Large, great

Ad

Toward, to , in the direction of

Sinistr/o

Left side

In-

In, into, not, without

Micr/o, micro

Small

Olig/o

Scanty, few

Eu

Good normal well or easy

Inter

Between or among

Intra

Within or inside

Sub

Under, less or below

Super supra

Above or excessive

Laryng/o

Larynx or throat

Rhin/o

Nose

Ot/o

Ears

Lith

Stone

Edema

Swelling caused by an abnormal accumulation of fluid in cells, tissue, or body cavities