Medical Terminology

Eu

Good, well

Idio

Self

Pan/Pant/o

All or everywhere

Aden/o

Gland

Angi/o

Blood vessel

Burs/o

Bursa

Bursa

Connective tissue sac filled with lubricating liquid

Carcin/o

Cancer

Chol

Bile

Cost

Rib

Cutane

Skin

Gloss

Tongue

Hist/Histo/Histio

Tissue

Kerat/o

Cornea (eye or skin)

Lacrim/o

Tear from eyes

Lingu/o

Tongue

Myel/o

Spinal cord or bone marrow

Onco

Tumor, bulk, volume

Onych

Fingernail, toenail

Orchid/o / Orchio

Testis

Ot/o

Ear

Phalang

Phalanx

Phleb/o

Vein

Proct/o

Anus, rectum

Retin

Retina of the eye

Salping/o

Tube

Rhin/o

Nose

Schiz/o

Split, cleft

Sclera/Sclero

Hardness

Sten/o

Blocked/narrowed

Stom/a, Stomat/o

Mouth

Varic/o

Duct, blood vessel

Vasculo

Blood vessel

Leuk/o

White

Melan/o

Black

Cyano

Blue

Chrom/chromato

Colour

Cry/o

Cold

Kyphy/o

Humped

Rhabd/o

Rod shaped, striated

Reticul/o

Net

Scoli/o

Twisted

Therm/o

Heat

Ante

Before, forward

De

Away from, ending

Epi

Upon, outside of

Ex, extra

Beyond

Meso

Middle

Meta

Beyond; change

Para

Alongside; abnormal

Path/o

Disease

Peri

Around

Retro

Behind; backward

Super

Above

Supra

Above; upon

Brady

Slow

Hetero

Other; different

Iso

Equal; like

Olig/o

Few; little

Poly

Many; excessive

Tachy

Fast

Tetra

Four

-ac

Pertaining to

-blast/o/ic

Bud; germ

-cyte/cytic

Cell

-dynia

Pain; swelling

-eal/ial

Pertaining to

-ectasis

Expansion; dilation

-emia

Blood condition

-ia

Condition

-iasis

Condition; formation of

-ism

condition

-ites/itis

Inflammation -

-ity

pertaining to

-ium

Structure or tissue

-malacia

Softening

-megaly

Enlargement

-oid

Resembling

-oma

Tumor

-osis

Condition; usually abnormal

-ous

Pertaining to

-pathy

Disease

-penia

Deficiency; lack of

-phagia/phagy

Eating; swallowing

-phasia

Speech

-plasia/plastic

Growth

-plegia

Paralysis

-pnea

Breathing

-poiesis

Production

-rrhage/rrhagic

Bleeding

-rrhea

Flow or discharge

-sclerosis

hardening

-sis

COndition

-stasis

Level; unchanging

-trophy

Growth

-uria

In the urine

-centesis

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

-desis

Surgical binding

-ectomy

Cut out; removal

-gram

Record; picture