Medical Terminology and EMT Abbreviations

Comprehensive flashcards covering medical root words, prefixes, suffixes, and emergency medical abbreviations as detailed in the lecture transcript.

Acou

Hear

Aden

Gland

Adip

Fat

Alges

Pain

Andr

Male

Arthr

Joint

Blephar

Eyelid

Bucc

Cheek

Bursa

Pouch/Sac

Carcin

Cancer

Carp

Wrist

Cervic

Neck or Cervix

Chole

Bile

Cili

Eyelid

Derm

Skin

Enter

Intestine

Esthes

Sensation

Febr

Fever

Foramen

Opening

Fract

Break

Gastr

Stomach

Hepat

Liver

Neuro

Nerve

Ocul

Eye

Osteo

Bone

Ov

Egg

Paed / Ped

Child

Pleur

Rib/Side

Pneum

Air/Breath

Pod

Foot

Proct

Rectum

Psych

Mind

Pto

Fall

Pulmon

Lung

Pyr

Fire/Fever

Ren/Neph

Kidney

Rhin

Nose

Sangui

Blood

Sarco

Tissue

Soma / Stoma

Body / Body Opening

Stern

Breastbone

Toxo

Poison

Trich

Hair

Viscera

Internal Organs

A / An-

To Lack/Without

Ab-

Away from/Off

Abdom-

Abdominal

Ad-

Toward/To

Ana-

Up/Back/Again

Angio-

Vessel

Ante-

Before

Anti-

Against

Auto-

Self

Bi-

Two

Bio-

Life

Brady-

Slow

Calc- / Lith-

Stone

Cardi-

Heart

Cephal-

Head

Cerbr-

Brain

Chondr-

Cartilage

Contra-

Against

Cost-

Rib

Cyt-

Cell

De-

Down From

Di-

Twice/Double

Dia- / Trans-

Through / Across

Dys-

Painful/Abnormal/Difficult

Ect-

Out From

Endo- / Intra- / In-

Within/Inside

Epi-

On/Upon

Eu-

Good/Well/Normal

Ex-

Removal/Out/Outside of

Extra- / Ultra

Outside of / Beyond

Glyc-

Sugar

Hemat-

Blood

Heter-

Different/Other

Hyper- / Supra-

Over/Excessive/Above

Hypo- / Sub- / infra-

Under/Deficient/Beneath

Inter-

Between

Iso-

Equal

Mal-

Bad/Abnormal

My/o-

Muscle

Necr-

Death

Olig-

Scant/Deficient

Oro-

Mouth

Ortho-

Straight/Normal

Oto-

Ear

Pan-

All

Para-

By the side

Path/o-

Disease

Pepsia-

Digestion

Per-

Through/Very/Excess

Peri-

Around

Phag-

Eating/Swallowing

Phleb- / Vas/o

Vein / Vessel

Poly-

Many

Post-

After/Behind/Following

Pre-

Before/In front of/Forward

Pyel-

Kidney or Pelvis