Chapter 1 Medical Terminology Word Parts

Vocabulary flashcards generated from Chapter 1 medical terminology word parts, prefixes, roots, and suffixes.

ab

Away from

abdomin/o

abdomen

ad

toward

-algia

pain

arteri/o

arteries

arthr/o

Joints- arthalgia

ather/o

Plaque or fatty substance

cyan/o

blue

-dynia

pain

dys-

Bad, difficult, painful

-ectomy

Surgical removal

erythr/o

red

eu

Good or normal

gastr/o

stomach

hyper-

Excessive or increased

hypo-

Deficient or decrease

-itis

inflammation

inter

between

intra

within

leuk/o

white

macro

Large, abnormal size

-malacia

osteomalacia

-megaly

enlargement

melan/o

black

micro

small

my/o

muscle

myc/o

fungus

myel/o

Spinal cord

-necrosis

arterionecrosis

-oligo

Scanty or few

-ologist

specialist

-ology

Study of

-osis

Abn condition

-ostomy

Surgical creation of artificial hole

-otomy

Surgical incision

-pathy

disease

peri-

surrounding

-plasty

Surgical repair

polio

gray

post

after

pre

before

py/o

pus

pyel/o

Renal pelvis

pyr/o

fever/fire

rhin/o

NOSE

-rrhage

Bleeding- sudden and severe

-rrhagia

Bleeding- sudden and severe

-rrhaphy

Surgical suturing

-rrhea

Flow or discharge

sub-

Below, less, under

super-

Above or excessive

supra-

Above or excessive