Med term ch. 1 & 2

a-

without, not

-ac

pertaining to

acous/o

hearing

-al , -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ior, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-algia, -dynia

pain

an-

without, not

angi/o

vessel (usually blood or lymph)

append/o

appendix

anteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

blephar/o

eyelid

bronchi/o

broncus (plural=bronchi)

carcin/o

cancer

-cele

hernia, swelling

-centesis

surgical puncture

cholangi/o

bile vessel

chol/e

bile, gall

chondr/o

cartilage

-clasis

to break, surgical fracture

colon/o

colon

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

-cyte

cell

dent/o

teeth

dermat/o

skin

-desis

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

dia-

through, across

dys-

bad, painful, difficult

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-ectomy

excision, removal

-edema

swelling

electr/o

electricity

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood condition

encephal/o

brain

endo-

in, within

enter/o

intestine (usually small intestine)

erythr/o

red

-esis

condition

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

-gen, -genesis

forming, producing, origin

gloss/o

tongue

-gram

record, writing

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

hemat/o, hem/o

blood

hemi-

one half

hepat/o

liver

hydr/o

water

hyper-

excessive, above normal

hyster/o

uterus (womb)

-ia

condition

-iasis

abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

-iatry

physician, treatment

-ician, -ist

spcialist

-icle

small, minute

immun/o

immune, immunity, safe

intra-

in, within

-ism

condition

-itis

inflammation

lith/o

stone, calculus

-logist

specialist in the study of

log/o

study of

-logy

study of

lymph/o

lymph

-lysis

separation, destruction, loosening

macro-

large

-malacia

softening

mast/o

breast

-megaly

enlargement

mening/o

meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)

men/o

menes, menstruation

-meter

instrument for measurement

-metry

act of measuring

micro-

small

muscul/o, my/o

muscle

neo-

new

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

obstetr/o

pregnancy, childfbirth

-ole

small, minute

-oma

tumor

or/o

mouth

-osis

abnormal condition: increases (used primarily with blood cells)

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

-path/o, -pathy

disease

pelv/i, pen/o

pelvis

-penia

disease, deficiency

-pexy

fixation (of an organ)

-phagia

swallowing, eating

-phasia

speech

pheb/o

vein

-phobia

fear

-plasia, -plasm

formation, growth

-plasty

surgical repair

pneumon/o

lung, air

pod/o

foot

poster/o

back (of the body), behind, posterior