Medical Terminology: Prefixes and Word Roots

A complete set of vocabulary flashcards covering the medical prefixes and word roots provided in the lecture notes.

a-, an-

without; lack of

anti-

against

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

dys-

painful; difficult; abnormal

endo-

within

epi-

upon; on; above

hyper-

excessive; high

hypo-

low; below

inter-

between

intra-

within

mono-

one

multi-

many

peri-

around

poly-

many

post-

after

pre-

before

sub-

under

supra-

above

trans-

across

uni-

one

cardi

heart

gastr

stomach

enter

intestines

hepat

liver

nephr

kidney

neur

nerve

oste

bone

my

muscle

derm

skin

hemat

blood

pulmon

lung

encephal

brain

arthr

joint

ophthalm

eye

ot

ear

rhin

nose

or

mouth

path

disease

psych

mind

cyt

cell

aden

gland

myel

spinal cord; bone marrow