Medical Term: Chp 1

Roots

the core meaning of the word.

Prefix

the beginning of some words

Suffix

the ending of some words

Combining vowel

a vowel that joins a root to another root or to a suffix

Combining form

a combination of a root and a combining vowel

Diagnostic

Diagnosis, procedure, or test

Surgical

Describes surgical procedures

Pathological

Describes a sign/symptom of a disease

-chezia

pass a stool

-crit

to separate

-gram

to record

-graph

instrument for recording

-lysis

destruction

-oma

tumor, mass

-philia

attraction

-ptysis

spit

-rrhage

to flow profusely

-rrhoid

-to flow

-uria

urine

-centesis

surgical puncture

-desis

Fixation

-ectomy

surgical removal

-plasty

Surgical repair

-rrhaphy

surgical suture

-stomy

surgical formation of an opening

-tomy

surgical incision

-tripsy

Crushing

-algia

pain

-ectasis

dilation

-edema

accumulation of fluid in tissues

-emesis

vomiting

-genesis

form, produce

-itis

inflammation

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency, lack of

-phobia

fear of

-stenosis

narrowing

-iatry

treatment, medical specialty

-ician

expert specialist

-icle

small, minute

-ole

small, minute

-ule

small, minute

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ale

pertaining to

-alis

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-aris

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-atic

pertaining to

-ative

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ent

pertaining to

-etic

pertaining to

-ial

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ica

pertaining to

-ical

pertaining to

-ine

pertaining to

-ior

pertaining to

-iosum

pertaining to

-ious

pertaining to

-istic

pertaining to

-ius

pertaining to

-nic

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-tic

pertaining to

-tiz

pertaining to

-tous

pertaining to

-us

pertaining to