Medical Terminology 1-6

Epitheli/o

Epithelium

Cancer/o

Cancer

Cyan/o

Blue

-al

Pertaining to

Iatr/o

Physician, medicine (also means treatment)

System/o

System

Vir/o

Virus

-ic

Pertaining to

Dors/o

Back

Rahbd/o

Rod-shaped, striated

-ous

Pertaining to

Neo-

New

Organ/o

Organ

Gno/o

Knowledge

Erythr/o

Red

Lip/o

Fat

Leuk/o

White

Anter/o

Front

-oma

Tumor, swelling

-pathy

Disease

-logist

One who studies and treats

-megaly

Enlargement

Aut/o

Self

Bi/o

Life

Carcin/o

Cancer

Cyt/o

Cell

Hyper-

Above, excessive

Hemat/o

Blood

-oid

Resembling

Hist/o

Tissue

-cyte

Cell

Viscer/o

Internal organs

Melan/o

Black

Onc/o

Tumor, mass

-plasm

Growth, substance, formation

-plasia

Condition of formation, development, growth

-logy

Study of

Xanth/o

Yellow

Necr/o

Death

Micro-

Small

-opsy

View of, Viewing

Neur/o

Nerve

My/o

Muscle

Pro-

Before

Cephal/o

Head (upward)

Caud/o

Tail (downward)

-sarcoma

Malignant tumor

Dia-

Through, complete

Lei/o

Smooth

-sis

State of

-osis

Abnormal condition

Eti/o

Cause (of disease)

Somat/o

Body

Sarc/o

Flesh, connective tissue

Dist/o

Away (from the point of attachment)

-stasis

Control, stop, standing

Aden/o

Gland

Dys-

Painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

Path/o

Disease

Meta-

After, beyond, change

Hypo-

Below, incomplete, deficient, under

Fibr/o

Fibrous, fibrous tissue

-gen

Substance or agent that produces or causes

-genic

Producing, origination, causing

Onych/o

Nail

Pachy/o

Thick

Rhytid/o

Wrinkles

Scler/o

Hard

Hidr/o

Sweat

Dermat/o

Skin

Cutane/o

Skin

Derm/o

Skin

Crypt/o

Hidden

Trich/o

Hair

Strept/o

Twisted chains

Staphyl/o

Grapelike clusters

Seb/o

Sebum (oil)

Xer/o

Dry, dryness

Ungu/o

Nail

Myc/o

Fungus

Kerat/o

Horny tissue (keratin)

-ectomy

Excision, surgical removal

-coccus

Berry-shaped (form of bacterium)

-a

Noun suffix, no meaning

-ior

Pertaining to

-plasty

Surgical repair

-phagia

Eating or swallowing

-malacia

Softening

-itis

Inflammation

-ia

Diseased or abnormal state, condition of

Sub-

Under, below

Para-

Beside, beyond, around, abnormal

Epi-

On, upon, over

Intra-

Within

Trans-

Through, across, beyond

Per-

Through

-graphy

Process of recording, radiographic imaging

-gram

The record, radiographic image

Uni-

One

Ventr/o

Belly (front)