medical terminology

Cyto/o

cell

Epitheli/o

Layers of cells that line hollow organs and glands

Fibr/o

Fiber

Hist/o

Tissue

Aden/o

Gland

Lip/o

Fat

Viscer/o

Internal organ

Eti/o

Cause

Gno/o

Knowledge

Path/o

Disease

Somat/o

Body

Ten/o; tendin

Tendon

Chrom/o

Color

Cyan/o

Blue

Erythr/o

Red

Leuk/o

White

Melan/o

Black

Dia

Through, complete

Dys

Painful, labored, difficult, unexpected

Hyper

Above, more than, extra

Hypo

Below, less than, little

Neo

New

Pro

Before

A/an

Without

Ab

Away

Ad

Toward

Ante

Before

Anti

Against

Circum, peri

Around

Endo

Inside

Epi/supr

Above/over

Exo

Outside

Inter

Between

Intra

Inside

Para

Next to

Post

After

Pre

Before

Retro

Backward

Sub

Under

Syn

Coming together

Trans

Through

Bi, di

Two

Brady

Slow

Eu

Normal

Hemi

Half

Mono, uni

One

Multi

Many

Poly

Too much/many

Quadri

Four

Tachy

Fast

Tri

Three

Cyte

Cell

Crit

Separate

Gram

Record

Graph

Machine for recording

Lysis

Destruction

Philia

Attraction

rrhage

Flow profusely

Rrhoid

Flow

Iatry, istry

Medical speciality

Ician, ist

Expert

icle, ole, ule

Small

Centesis

Surgical puncture (poke)

ectomy

Surgical removal

Plasty

Surgical repair

Stomy

Surgical opening

Tomy

Surgical incision

Algia

Pain

Edema

Fluid in tissue

Genesis

Form, produce

Itis

Inflammation

oma

Mass, tumor

Osis

Abnormal condition

Pathy

Disease

Penia

Deficient (not enough)

Stenosis

Narrowing

Apex

Tip

Patent

Open

Umbilicus

Belly button

Lymph

Body tissue fluid

Exacerbation

Increase in severity

Sagittal plane

Divides the body or an organ vertically into right and left sides

Frontal plane

Divides the body or an organ into an anterior (front) portion and a posterior (rear) portion

Transverse plane

Divides the body or organ horizontally into upper and lower portions

Anterior (vertical)

The front or direction toward the front of body

Posterior (dorsal)

The back or direction toward the back of the body

Superior (cranial)

A position above or higher than another part of the body

Inferior (caudal)

A position below or lower than another part of the body

Lateral

The side or direction toward the side of the body

Medial

The middle or direction toward the middle of the body

Proximal

A position in a limb that is nearer to the point of attachment or the trunk of the body

Distal

A position in a limb that is farther from the point of attachment or the trunk of the body

Superficial

A position closer to the surface of the body

Deep

A position farther from the surface of the body

Cranial

Houses the brain

Spinal

Enclosed the spinal cord

Thoracic

Enclosed by the rib cage

Abdominopelvic

Houses the digestive organs and organs of reproduction

Dermatologist

Diseases of the skin

Cosmetic surgeon

Enhancing image of the skin