Med term chapter 1

root

foundation of a term

suffix

word ending

prefix

word beginning

combining vowel

vowel that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root

combining form

combination of the root and the combining vowel

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

carcin/o

cancer/cancerous

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cyst/o

urinary bladder sac or cyst

cyt/o

cell

electr/o

electricity

encepahl/o

brain

gastro/o

stomach

glyc/o

sugar

hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

rhin/o

nose

thromb/o

clot, clotting

-ac

pertaining to

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision, removal

-emia

blood condition

-gram

record

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-logy

process of study

-oma

tumor mass/swelling

-pathy

disease condition

-scopy

process of visually examining

-sis

state of condition

a-,an-

no/not without

dia-

complete through

hyper-

excessive, above, more than normal

hypo-

deficient, below, less than normal