Ultimate Med Term Study Guide

A-, An-

without

Ab-

away from (body movement)

Ad-

towards (body movement)

Ante-

before

Anti-

against

Bi-

two, both

Brady

slow

Ect-, Ecto- , Exo-, Extra-

outside

Epi-

upon

Hemi-

half

Hyper-

excessive

Hypo-

under

Infra-

directly beneath

Inter-

between

Intra-

within, inside

Macro-

large

Micro-

small

Para-

beside, beyond

Pan-

all

Peri-

around, surrounding

Post-

after

Pre-

before

Semi-

half

Sub-

below

Supra-

directly above

Tachy-

rapid, fast

Trans-

across

Tri-

three

Ultra-

excessive

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -iac, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ior

pertaining to

-algia

pain, ache

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-clasia

process of breaking

-cyte

cell

-desis

surgical binding

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood condition

-ist

specialist

-gen; -genic

production, growth

-gram

image, picture

-graph

a recording

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

disease, abnormality

-ine

substance

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-malacia

softening

-megaly

abnormally large

-metry

measure

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-phobia

fear

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

discharge

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopy

process of viewing

-stomy

surgical opening

-tomy

surgical cut

-um

structure, tissue

aden/o

gland

adip/o; lip/o

fat

blephar/o

eyelids

cry/o

cold

cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/o, integument/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

diaphor/o

extreme sweat

ecchym/o

bruise

erythem/o; erythemat/o

redness

erythr/o

red

hidr/o

sweat

hist/o

tissue

jaund/o

yellow

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

onych/o

fingernail, toenail

pil/o

hair

psor/o

itchy

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkles

scler/o

hardness, hardening

sud/o

sweat glands

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

acr/o

extremity

ankyl/o

crooked, stiff

arthr/o

joint

brachi/o

humorous

burs/o

fluid filled sacks

carp/o

wrist

cervic/o

neck (has seven bones)

chir/o

hand

chondr/o

cartilage

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

kyph/o

hunchback

lord/o

bent forward, anterior curve

lumb/o

lumbar region

myel/o

bone marrow or spinal cord