ALL MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

anter(o)-

front

ather(o)-

fatty plaque

aut(o)-

self

bio-

life

carcin(o)-

cancer

cry(o)-

cold

cyan(o)-

blue

ede-

swelling

erythem(o)- /erythr(o)-

red

eti(o)-

cause

fibr(o)-

fiber

fiss-

split, cleft

gly(c)-

sugar

kin(e)(o)-

movement

later(o)-

side

lei(o)-

smooth

leuk(o)-

white

lip(o)-

fat

melan(o)-

black

myc(o)-

fungus

necr(o)-

dead

noct(o)-

night

onc(o)-

tumour

path(o)-

disease

phag(o)-

eating

phas(o)-

speech

poster(o)-

back, behind

proxim(o)-

near

scler(o)-

hardening

squam(o)-

scale

thromb(o)-

clot

tom(o)-

cut, section

vas(o)-

vessel/duct

therm(o)-

heat

xer(o)-

dry

a- /an-

not, without

dys-

painful, difficult, abnormal

anti- /contra-

against

in(im before b,m, p)/un -

not

de-

down, without

mal-

ill, bad, poor

dis-

separation, removal, absence

bi- /di-

two

oligo-

small or few

hemi- /semi-

half

pan-

all

hypo-

under, below, less than

poly-

many

mono- /uni-

one, single

tri-

three

multi-

many

tetra-

four

nuli-

none

ab-

away from

infra-

below

ad-

toward, near

inter-

between

ante-

before

intra-

in, within

circum-

around

meso-

middle

con-

with, together

para-

near, beside

dextr/o-

to the right

per-

through, throughout, by, by means of

dia-

through

peri-

around

ec- /ecto-

out, outside

retro-

backward, back, situated behind

endo-

in, within

epi-

upon, over

sub-

below, under

extra-

outside

supra-

above

ex- /exo-

away from/outside

super-

excess, above

hyper-

above, excessive, beyond

sym- /syn-

together

trans-

through, across, beyond

pro-

before

pre-

before, infront of

post-

after, behind

brady-

slow

macro-

large

eu-

normal, good, well, healthy

micro-

small

hetero-

other, different

neo-

new

homo-/homeo-

same, unchanging

pseudo-

false

hyper-

increase, over, excess

re-

again, back

hypo-

decrease. below, under

tachy-

rapid

iso-

equal, same

sinist- /sinistro-

left

aden(o)-

gland

angi(o)-

vessel

brachi(o)-

arm

bronch(i)(o)-

bronchus