From Textbook (Medical Terminology) - Unit 1: The Structure of Medical Language

a-

away from; without

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

abdomin/o-

abdomen

-an

not; without

-anti

against

append/o-

appendix; small structure hanging from a larger structure

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

arteri/o-

artery

arthr/o-

joint

-ation

being; having; process

bi-

two

bi/o-

life; living organism; living tissue

brady-

slow

card/i-

heart

cardi/o-

heart

cholecyst/o-

gallbladder

col/o-

colon

colon/o-

colon

communicat/o-

impart; transmit

cost/o-

rib

cutane/o-

skin

de-

reversal of; without

derm/o-

skin

dietet/o-

diet; foods

digest/o-

break down food; digest

dys-

abnormal; difficult; painful

endo-

innermost; within

enter/o-

intestine

epi-

above; upon

esthes/o-

feeling; sensation

etym/o-

word origin

eu-

good; normal

gastr/o-

stomach

gemin/o-

group; set

hemi-

one half

hepat/o-

liver

hyper-

above; more than normal

hypo-

below; deficient

hyster/o-

uterus; womb

-ia

condition; state; thing

-iatry

medical treatment

-ic

pertaining to

-ics

knowledge; practice

-ine

pertaining to; thing pertaining to

-ion

action; condition

-ism

disease from a specific cause; process

-ist

person who specializes in; thing that specializes in

-itis

infection of; inflammation of

-ive

pertaining to

inter-

between

intra-

within

intestin/o-

intestine

lapar/o-

abdomen

laryng/o-

larynx; voice box

later/o-

side

-logy

study of

mal-

bad; inadequate

mamm/o-

breast

medic/o-

medicine; physician

-megaly

enlargement

menstru/o-

monthly discharge of blood

ment/o-

chin; mind

-metry

process of measuring

muscul/o-

muscle

nas/o-

nose

neur/o-

nerve

nutrit/o-

nourishment

-oma

mass; tumor

-osis

condition; process

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

pelv/o-

hip bone; pelvis; renal pelvis

peri-

around

phag/o-

eating; swallowing

pleg/o-

paralysis

pneumon/o-

air; lung

poly-

many; much

post-

after; behind

pre-

before; in front of

psych/o-

mind

quadri-

four

re-

again and again; backward; unable to

-scope

instrument used to examine

-scopy

process of using an instrument to examine

sperm/o-

sperm; spermatozoon

spir/o-

breathe; coil

-stomy

surgically created opening

sub-

below; underneath

tachy-

fast

tens/o-

pressure; tension

-therapy

treatment

therap/o-

treatment

thyroid/o-

thyroid gland

-tomy

process of cutting; process of making an incision

tonsil/o-

tonsil

trache/o-

trachea; windpipe

trans-

across; through

tri-

three