D. Medical Terminology

root

core part of the word that is the main meaning

aden

gland

angi(o)

blood vessel

arteri(o)

artery

arthr(o)

joint

carcin

cancer

cardi(o)

heart

cephal(o)

head

cerebro

brain

chem

drug

chloe, chol(o)

gall, bile

colo

colon

cost(o)

ribs

crani(o)

skull

cyan(o)

blue

cyst(o)

bladder, sac

cyt(o)

cell

derma

skin

enter(o)

intestine

epidemic

among the people

erythr(o)

red

gastr(o)

stomach

gingiva

gum

gloss(o)

tongue

glyc(o)

sugar

hepat(o)

liver

hem(o)

blood

hydr(o)

water

hyster(o)

uterus

leuk(o)

white

lingua

tongue

mamm(o), mast(o)

breast

myel(o)

bone marrow

my(o)

muscle

nephr(o), ren

kidney

neur(o)

nerve

ocul(o), ophthalm(o)

eye

oophor

ovary

odont, dent(o)

tooth

oste(o)

bone

ot(o)

ear

ped(o)

foot

phleb(o)

vein

pneum(o), pulmo

lung

psych(o)

mind, soul

rhin(o)

nose

salping(o)

tube

thoraco

thorax, chest

trach

trachea

prefix

added to beginning, changes meaning

a-, an-

without

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

ante-

before

anti-, contra-

against

aut-

self

bi-

both, two

brady-

slow

circum-

round

di-

two

diplo-

double

dys-

painful, difficult

ecto-

outside

endo-, intra-

inside

epi-

upper, above

semi-

half

hyper-

excessive, above, more than

hypo-

deficient, below, less than

inter-

between

later-

side

lipo-

fat

mal-

bad

mega/macro-

large

micro-

small

mono-, uni-

one, single

neo-

new

ortho-

straight

peri-

around

poly-

many

post-

after, behind

pre-

before, in front of

pro-

forward

pseudo-

false

retro-

backward, behind

semi-

half

sub-

below

tachy-

fast

tele-

distant, far

trans-

across

ultra-

beyond, excess

suffix

added at the end to modify meaning

-a, -ac, -al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-ase

enzyme

-centre

puncture

-cide

causing death

-dipsia

thirst

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emesis

vomit

-emia

blood