Medical Terminology Root Words and Prefixes

Vocabulary flashcards covering medical root words, prefixes, and suffixes from hidr/o to ren/o as presented in the lecture notes.

hidr/o

sweat

hist/o

tissue

holo-

whole, complete

homeo-

same, similar

hydr/o

water

hyp-

under, below

hyper-

excessive, above

hypo-

deficient, under

hyster/o

uterus

idio-

individual, distinct

in-

not, in, into

infra-

beneath, below

inter-

between

intra-

within

iso-

equal

ject-

throw

jugul/o

throat, neck

juxta-

near, adjacent

karyo-

nucleus

kerat/o

cornea

kinesi/o

movement

lact/o

milk

lapar/o

abdomen

laryng/o

throat

later/o

side

leuk/o

white

lip/o

fat

lith/o

stone

log/o

study, discourse

logy-

study of

mal-

bad, evil

mast/o

breast

melan/o

black

mening/o

membrane

mit-/miss-

send

mono-

one

mort-

death

multi-

many

my/o

muscle

myc/o

fungus

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

necr/o

death

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

ocul/o

eye

odont/o

tooth

onc/o

tumor

opt/o

eye, vision

or/o

mouth

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

pachy-

thick

pan-

all, entire

para-

beside, abnormal

path/o

disease

ped-

child, foot

ped/o

child

peri-

around, surrounding

phag/o

to eat

pharmac/o

drug

phleb/o

vein

phon-

sound

phon/o

sound

phot/o

light

photo-

light

plasm/o

form, structure

pleur/o

pleura, lung membrane

pneum/o

lung, air

pod/o

foot

poly-

many

port-

carry

post-

after, behind

pre-

before, in front

pro-

for, before, forward

pseud/o

FALSE

psycho-

mind, mental

pulmon/o

lung

quadr/o

four

ren/o

kidney