ALH 111 - Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical Language

arthr/o

joint

cardi/o

heart

enter/o

small intestine

gastr/o

stomach

hepat/o

liver

neur/o

nerve

hem/o

hemat/o

blood

my/o

muscul/o

muscle

angi/o

vas/o

vascul/o

vessel (most commonly refers to blood vessel, but can also refer to other types of vessels as well)

derm/o

dermat/o

cutane/o

skin

pneum/o

pneumon/o

pulmon/o

lung

gen/o

creation, cause

hydr/o

water

morph/o

change

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

orth/o

straight

path/o

disease, suffering

phag/o

eat

plas/o

formation

py/o

pus

scler/o

hard

sten/o

narrowing

troph/o

nourishment, development

xen/o

foreign

-ac

-al

-ar

-ary

-eal

-ic

-tic

-ous

pertaining to

-ia

-ism

condition

-ium

tissue, structure

-y

condition, procedure

-icle

-ole

-ule

-ula

small

-iatrics

-iatry

medical science

-iatrist

medical specialist

-ist

specialist

-logist

specialist in the study of

-logy

study of

-algia

pain

-dynia

pain

-cele

hernia

-emia

blood condition

-iasis

presence of

-itis

inflammation

-lysis

loosen, break down

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage

excessive flow

-rrhagia

excessive flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-centesis

puncture

-gram

written record

-graph

instrument used to produce a record

-graphy

writing procedure

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-scope

instrument used to look

-scopy

process of looking

-desis

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

-ectomy

removal

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

reconstruction

-rrhaphy

suture

-stomy

creation of an opening

-tomy

incision

a-

an-

not

anti-

contra-

against

de-

down, away from

ante-

pre-

before

pro-

before, on behalf of

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

post-

after

re-

again

ab-

away

ad-

toward

circum-

per-

around

dia-

trans-

through

e-

ec-

ex-

out

ecto-

exo-

extra-

outside

en-

endo-

intra-

in, inside

epi-

upon

sub-

beneath

inter-

between

bi-

two

hemi-

semi-

half

hyper-

over

hypo-

under

macro-

large

micro-

small

mono-

uni-

one

oligo-

few

pan-

all

poly-

multi-

many

con-

syn-

sym-

with, together

dys-

bad