HOSA Medical Terminology Study Guide

abdomin/o

abdomen

acr/o

exterminities

adnex/o

adjacent, accessory

anatom/o

body structures

anter/o

front

blast/o

immature/embryonic cell

caud/o

tail

celi/o

belly, abdomen

cephal/o

head

cyan/o

blue

cyt/o

cell

dermat/o, derm/o

skin

dist/o

distant from origin

dors/o

back

epitheli/o

epithelial

eti/o

cause of disease

hist/o

tissue

later/o

side

mediastin/o

mediastinum

medi/o

meiddle

megal/o

enlarged

morph/o

form

muc/o

mucus

pelv/o

pelvis

physi/o

function

pleur/o

lung cavity

poster/o

back

proxim/o

closer to origin

ser/o

serum or serous membrane

thorac/o

chest

ventr/o

front

peri-

surrounding

-centesis

surgical puncture

-cyte

cell

-ia

condition

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-logist

one who studies

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlarged

-meter

instrument to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-osis

condition

-paralysis

loss of movement and feeling

-pathy

disease

-tic, -ous, -ic, -al, -ar, -ible, -able

adjective endings

-um, -y, -a, -us

noun endings

aneurysm/o

widening

angi/o

vessel

aort/o

aorta

arteri/o

artery

ather/o

thick, fatty

cardi/o

heart