Medical Latin Part I: Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes, and Body Directions

Vocabulary practice flashcards generated from PT 101 lecture notes covering Medical Latin word roots, directional terms, prefixes, and suffixes.

cyan/o

Blue

eryth/o

Red

leuk/o

White

melan/o

Black

poli/o

Gray

a-

Without

ab-

Away from

ad-

Toward

ante-

before

anti-

against

apo-

Away from

im-

not

hyper-

increased

Hypo-

decreased

fore-

before

exo-

outside

endo-

inside

dis-

negative

dys-

difficult

anter/o

Situated in the front

caud/o

Toward the lower part of the body

cephal/o

Toward the head

poster/o

Back of the body or organ / Situated in the back

ventr/o

Front, or belly side, of the organ or body

dors/o

Back of the body or organ / Situated in the back

infer/o

Below, beneath

later/o

Side

medi/o

Middle

super/o

Above or uppermost

bi-

Double

uni-

One

tetra-

Four

tri-

Three

hemi-

Half

di-

Two

aden/o

Gland

adip/o

Fat

path/o

Disease

cyt/o

Cell

hist/o

Tissue

phleb/o

vein

phot/o

Light

pneum/o

Lung

pedi/a

Child

oxy/o

Oxygen

opt/o

Eye

nerv/o

Nerve

kines/o

Movement

my/o

Muscle

labi/o

Lip

hem/o

Blood

arter/o

Artery

arthr/o

Joint

cardi/o

Heart

un-

Not

trans-

Across

supra-

above

syn-

union

tachy-

rapid

re-

again

retro-

behind

pre-

In front of

poly-

many

pne/o-

breath

mio-

smaller

mega-

large

macro-

large

contra-

against

-ar

Pertaining to

-al

Pertaining to

-ago

pain

-esis

State or action

-ion

State or action

-ism

State or action

-osis

Abnormal condition, disease

-ic

Pertaining to

-ary

Pertaining to

-tic

Pertaining to

-ine

Pertaining to

-ory

State or action

-iasis

Abnormal condition, disease

-able

Able to

-algesia

pain

-blast

Embryonic, immature

-ase

Enzyme

-clast

Breakdown

-coccus

Spherical bacteria

-cele

Hernia, tumor

-dema

Swelling

-emia

Blood

-iatrist

Specialist

-ist

Specialist

-itis

Inflammation

-logy

Study of

-lysis

Breakdown

-malacia

Abnormal softening

-kinesis

Movement

-kinesia

Movement

-plasia

Formation