College intro to health proffesions

medical terminology chapter 1

athr/o

joint

card/i/o

heart

derm/o/ato

skin

gen/o

origin, cause, formation

ger/o/onto

old age

iatr/o

physician

muscul/o

muscle

natal

birth, born

neur/o

nerve

os/teo

bone

path/o

disease

ped/ia

child

phren/o

diaphragm, mind

psych/o

mind

skelet/o

skeleton

tend/o, ten/o

tendon

epi-

upon, above, or in addition

micro-

small

peri-

around

post-

after

pre-

before

-al

adjective suffix

-algia

pain

dynia-

pain

-gen, -genesis

origin, cause, formation

-ic

adjective suffix denoting of

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-pathy

disease

-scope

viewing, an instrument used for viewing

hem/a/ato

blood