Med Term Midterm Exam

a-, an-

no, not, without

ab-

away from

ad-

toward, near

ana-

up, apart

ante-

before, forward

anti-

against

aut-

self

bi-

two, both

brady-

slow

con-

with, together

dia-

complete, through

dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

ec-

out, outside

endo-

within

epi-

above, upon, on

ex-, extra-

out, outside of

exo-

outside

hemi-

half

hyper-

excessive, more than normal, too much

hypo-

below, less than normal, too little

in-

in, into

inter-

between

intra-

within

mal-

bad

meta-

change, beyond

neo-

new

pan-

all

para-

beside, near, along the side of

peri-

surrounding

post-

after, behind

pro-

before, forward

pre-

before, forward

pro-, pros-

before, forward

quadri-

four

re-, retro-

back, behind

sub-

below, under

syn-

with, together

tachy-

fast

trans-

across, through

tri-

three

ultra-

beyond

uni-

one

abdomin/o

abdomen

aden/o

gland

amni/o

amnion

angi/o

vessel

an/o

anus

anter/o

front

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

ather/o

plaque

axill/o

armpit

bi/o

life

bronch/o

bronchial tubes

carcin/o

cancer, cancerous

cardi/o

heart

carp/o

carpals

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum

cervic/o

neck of the body or cervix

chem/o

drug; also chemical

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

chondr/o

cartilage

chron/o

time

cis/o

to cut

coccyg/o

coccyx, tailbone

col/o

colon

coron/o

heart; crown

cost/o

ribs

crani/o

skull

crin/o

secrete

cry/o

cold

cutane/o

skin

cyst/o

urinary bladder

cyt/o

cell

dem/o

people

derm/o, dermat/o

skin

dur/o

dura mater

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines

epitheli/o

skin, surface tissue

erythr/o

red

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

gen/o

to produce, to begin

glyc/o

sugar

gnos/o

knowledge

gynec/o

woman, female

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hyster/o

uterus

inguin/o

groin

isch/o

to hold back

lapar/o

abdomen

laryng/o

voice box (larynx)

later/o

side

leuk/o

white

lumb/o

loin (waist)

lymph/o

lymph