Med Term Ch 3

Abdomin/o

Abdomen

Acr/o

extremities, top, extreme point

Acu/o

sharp, severe, sudden

Aden/o

gland

Adip/o

fat

Amni/o

Amnion

Angi/o

vessel

Arteri/o

artery

Arthr/o

joint

Axill/o

armpit

Bi/o

life

Blephar/o

Eyelid

Bronch/o

bronchial tubes

Carcin/o

cancerous, cancer

Cardi/o

heart

Chem/o

drug, chemical

Chondr/o

cartilage

Chron/o

time

Col/o

colon (large intestine)

Cyst/o

urinary bladder

Encephal/o

brain

Erythr/o

red

Hem/o

blood

Hepat/o

liver

Hydr/o

water, fluid

Inguin/o

groin

Isch/o

to hold back

Lapar/o

Abdomen, abdominal wall

Laryng/o

larynx

Leuk/o

white

Lympth/o

lymph

Mamm/o

breast

Mast/o

breast

Morph/o

shape, form

Muc/o

mucus

My/o

muscle

Myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

Necr/o

death

Nephr/o

kidney

Neur/o

nerve

Neutr/o

neutrophil

Nucle/o

nucleus

Ophthalm/o

eye

Oste/o

bone

Ot/o

ear

Path/o

disease

Peritone/o

peritoneum

Phag/o

to eat, swallow

Phleb/o

vein

Plas/o

formation, development

Pleur/o

pleura

Pneumon/o

lungs

Pulmon/o

lungs

Radi/o

xrays

Rect/o

rectum

Ren/o

kidney

Rhin/o

nose

Sarc/o

flesh

Splen/o

spleen

Staphyl/o

clusters

Strept/o

twisted chains

Thorac/o

chest

Thromb/o

clot, clotting

Tonsill/o

tonsils

Trache/o

trachea (windpipe)

Ven/o

vein

-algia

pain

-cele

hernia

-centesis

surgical procedure to remove fluid

-coccus

berry shaped bacterium

-cyte

cell (prefix)

-dynia

pain

-ectomy

excision, removal, resection

-emia

blood condition

-genesis

condition of producing, forming

-gram

record

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-lysis

breakdown, destruction, separation

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor, mass, collection of fluid

-opsy

process of viewing

-osis

condition, usually abnormal

-pathy

disease condition

-penia

deficiency

-phobia

fear

-plasia

development, formation, growth

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptosis

drooling, falling, prolapse

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-scopy

process of visually examine

-stasis

controlling, stopping

-stomy

opening to form a mouth (stoma)

-therapy

treatment

-tomy

incision, cutting into

-trophy

development, nourishment