Medical Terminology: Combining forms and Occupations

gastroenterologist

stomach and digestive system physician

Hematologist

Blood physician

Nephrologist

Kidney specialist

Cardiologist

heart specialist

oncologist

cancer specialist

urologist

urinary system physician

opthamalogist

eye specialist

neurologist

nervous system specialist

psychiatrist

mental health professional

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer, cancerous

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum

cis/o

to cut

crin/o

to secrete

cyst/o

urinary

cyt/o

cell

derm/o

skin

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines, typically small intestine

erythr/o

red

glyc/o

sugar

gnos/o

knowledge

gynec/o

woman

hemat/o

hem/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

iatr/o

treatment

physician

leuk/o

white

log/o

study of

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

onc/o

tumor(cancerous)

opthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

ped/o

child

psych/o

mind

radi/o

x-rays

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sect/o

to cut

sarc/o

flesh

thromb/o

clot

clotting

ur/o

urinary tract, urine

abdomin/o

abdomen

adip/o

fat

cervic/o

cervix

chondr/o

cartilage

chrom/o

color

coccyg/o

coccyx

crani/o

skull

dist/o

distal, distant, far

dors/o

back portion of the body

hist/o

tissue

ili/o

ilium

inguin/o

groin

kary/o

nucleus

later/o

side

lumbr/o

lower back

medi/o

middle

nucle/o

nucleus

pelv/i

pelvis

pharyng/o

pharynx

poster/o

back, behind

proxim/o

nearest, proximal

spin/o

spine

thel/o

thell/o

nipple

thorac/o

thoracic

trache/o

trachea

umbilic/o

umbillical

ventr/o

ventral, belly side of body

vertebr/o

vertebra(e)

viscer/o

visceral, internal organs

arc/o

extremeties, top, extreme point

acu/o

sharpe, severe, sudden

amni/o

amnion (amniotic sac)

angi/o

vessel

arteri/o

artery

axill/o

armpit

blephar/o

eyelid

bronch/o

bronchi/o

bronchial tubes

chron/o

time

col/o

colon

isch/o

to hold back

lapar/o

abdomen, abdominal wall

lymph/o

lymph

mamm/o

mast/o

breast

morph/o

shape, form

muc/o

mucus

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal chord, bone marrow

necr/o

death

neutr/o

neutrophil (white blood cell)

opi/o

opium, painkiller

ot/o

ear

peritone/o

peritoneum