Medical Terms ch1,2,

Medical Terms ch1,2

arthr/o

joint

card/i/o

heart

derm/o/ato

skin

gen/o

origin, cause formation

ger/o/onto

old age

hem/a/ato

blood

iatr/o

physician

muscul/o

muscle

natal

birth, born

neur/o

nerve

os/teo

bone

path/o

disease

ped/ia

child

phren/o

diaphragm, mind

psych/o

mind

skelet/o

skeleton

tend/o, ten/o

tendon

epi-

upon, above, or in addition

micro-

small

peri-

around

post-

after

pre-

before

-al

adjective suffix

-algia

pain

-dynia

pain

-gen, -genesis

origin, cause, formation

-ic

adjective suffix denoting of

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-pathy

disease

-scope

viewing, an instrument used for viewing

arter/i/o

artery

hydr/o

water

neur/o

nerve, nerve tissue

spin/o

spine

ante-

before

brady-

abnormally slow rate of speed

neo-

new

tachy-

rapid, abnormally high rate of speed

ab-

away from, outside of, beyond

ad-

toward, near to

con-

with, within

contra-

against

dia-

across, through

sym-

with

syn-

with, joined together

ec-

outside

ecto-

outside

en-

inside

endo-

within

ex-, exo-

outside

extra-

beyond

hyper-

above, beyond normal

hypo-

low, below, below normal

infra-

inside or below

inter-

between

intra-

inside, within

meso-

middle

meta-

beyond

pan-

all or everywhere

para-

alongside, near, disordered function

peri-

around

retro-

backward, behind

bi-

two

di-, dipl-

two, twice

hemi-

half

macro-

big

micro-

small

mono-

one

olig-, oligo-

a few, a little

poly-

many

quadri-

four

semi-

half, partial

tetra-

four

tri-

three

uni-

one

a-, an-

not

anti-

against, opposed

de-

not

dis-

remove

-cele

protrusion, hernia

-cyte

cell

-ectasis, -ectasia

expansion or dilation

-edema

excessive fluid

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood

-iasis

condition or state

-ism

a condition of, a process, or a state of

-lith

stone, calculus, calcification

-lysis

disintegration, breaking down

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling or like

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition

-penia

reduction of size or quantity

-phobia

fear

-plasia

abnormal formation

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing