VET 101 Medical Terminology

a-,an-

without, lack of, not

ab-

away from

ad-

toward, to, near

ambi-, amphi-, ampho-

both

ana-

up, toward, apart

ante-

before, in front of, forward

anti-

against, opposing

apo-

separation from, derived from

auto-

self

bi-

two, double, twice

cata-

down, under, lower, against

circum-

around

co-, com-, con-,

with, together

contra-

opposed, against

de-

reverse, remove

di-

two, twice

dia-

between, through, apart, across, completely

dis-

apart from, free from

dys-

difficult, painful, abnormal

e-, ec-, ex-

out of, from, away from

ecto-, exo-

outer, outside, situated on

em, en-

in

endo-

within, inner

ep-, epi-

upon, on, over, above

eu-

normal, good, wall, healthy

extra-

outside of, beyond

hemi-

half

hyper-

excessive, above, beyond

hyp-, hypo-,

under, deficient, beneath

im-, in-

in, into, within, not

infra-

below, beneath

inter-

between

intra-

within

intro-

into, within

mes-, meso-

middle

meta-

change, beyond, after

micr-, micro-, mult-, multi-

many

neo-

new, recent

pan-

all, entire

para-

beside, beyond

per-

through, excessive

peri-

around

poly-

many, much, excessive

post-

after, behind

pre-, pro-

before, in front of

pseudo-

false

re-

again, backward

retro-

backward, behind

semi-

half, partial

sub-

under, beneath

super-, supra-,

above, superior, excess

sym-, syn-

together, with

trans-

across, through

ultra-

beyond, excess

-ac, -al, -ic, -ous, -tic

pertaining to, relating to

-algia

pain

-ate

having, resembling, acting upon

-cele

protrusion (hernia)

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-cle, -cule, -ole, -ola, -ule, -ulum, -ulus

small (diminutive)

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

cutting out

-emesis

vomit

-emia

blood condition

-ent, -er, -ist, -or

person or agent

-esis, -ia, -iasis, -ism, -ity, -osis, -sis, -tion, -y

state or condition

-form, -oid

resembling, shaped like

-genesis

development, origin

-gram, -graphy

recording, written record

-graph

instrument that records

-ible, -ile

capable, able

-itis

inflammation

-ize

use, subject to

-logy

science, study of

-oma

tumor

-penia

deficiency of, lack of

-pexy, -pexis

fixation

-phage, -phagy

eating

-phobia

abnormal fear or intolerance

-plasia, -plastic, -plasty

forming, growing, changing

-pnea

breathing

-rrhaphy

suturing in place

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-scope

instrument for examining

-scopy

act of examining

-stomy

surgical opening

-tome

instrument for cutting

-tomy

cutting, incision

blephar/o-

eyelid or eyelash

brachi/o-

arm (foreleg in quadrupeds)

bucc/o-

cheek

canth/o-

angle at either end of the slit between the eyelids

capit/o-

head

carp/o-

area corresponding to the human wrist

cephal/o-

head

cervic/o-

neck (also refers to neck-like projection of the cervix uteri)

cheil/o-, chil/o-

lip

cili/o-

eyelid, eyelash, or small hairlike processes

cor/e-, cor/o-

pupil of eye