EMT - Medical Terminology (Prefixes-roots-suffixes)

Prefix: a

not, without, lacking, deficient

Prefix: brady

slow

Prefix: hypo

under, below

Prefix: bi

two, twice, double

Prefix: contra

against, opposite

Prefix: para

near, beside, beyond

Prefix: supra

above, over

Prefix: dys

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

Prefix: tachy

fast, rapid

Prefix: hyper

above, excessive

Prefix: circum

around

Prefix: hemi

one half

Prefix: super

above, excess

Prefix: uni

one

root: angi/o

blood vessel, duct

Root: arthr/o

joint, articulation

root: carcin/o

cancer

root: crani/o

skull

root: encephal/o

brain

root: gastr/o

stomach

root: lapar/o

abdomen, loin, flank

root: oste/o

bone

root: phleb

vein

root: therm/o

heat

root: neur/o

nerve

root: tension

pressure

root: arteri/o

artery

root: bronch/o

larger air passages of the lungs

root: cardi/o

heart

root: derm/o

skin

root: enter/o

small intestine

root: hepat/o

liver

root: nephr/o

kidney

root: path/o

disease

root: pneum/o, pneumon/o

lung

root: thromb/o

clot, lump

root: sphygm/o

pulse

root: hem/a/o/ato

blood

Suffix: algia

painful condition

Suffix: ectomy

surgical removal

Suffix: iasis

condition

Suffix: logy

study of

Suffix: oma

tumor, swelling

Suffix: pathy

disease of a part

Suffix: plegia

paralysis

Suffix: rrhage

abnormal discharge

Suffix: stasis

stopping, controlling

Suffix: paresis

numbness or partial paralysis

Suffix: cyte

cell

Suffix: emia

condition of blood

Suffix: itis

inflammation

Suffix: megaly

enlargement

Suffix: osis

abnormal condition

Suffix: plasia

development, formation, growth

Suffix: pnea

breathing, respiration

Suffix: sclerosis

hardened condition

Suffix: stomy

Surgically creating a new opening