Med term chaps 1-4

Arthr/o

Joint

my/ o

muscle

Gastr/o

Stomach

Nephr/o

Kidney

Neur/o

Nerve

Oste/o

Bone

Splen/o

Spleen

Hyster/o

Uterus

Enter/o

Intestine

Ot/o

Ear

Derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o

Skin

Hepat/o

Liver

Cholangi/o

Bile vessel

Col/o, colon/o

Colon

Chondr/o

Cartilage

Append/o

Appendix

-centesis

Surgical puncture

-clasis

To break; surgical fracture

-desis

Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

-ectomy

Excision, removal

-lysis

Separation, destruction, loosening

-pexy

Fixation

-plasty

Surgical repair

-rrhaphy

Suture

-stomy

Forming an opening (mouth)

-tome

Instrument to cut

-tomy

Incision

-tripsy

Crushing

-gram

Record, writing

-graph

Instrument for recording

-graphy

Process of recording

-meter

Instrument for measuring

-metry

Act of measuring

-scope

Instrument for examining

-scopy

Visual examination

-algia, -dynia

Pain

-cele

Hernia, swelling

-ectasis

Dilation, expansion

-edema

Swelling

-emesis

Vomiting

-emia

Blood condition

-iasis

Abnormal condition (produced by something specific)

-itis

Inflammation

-lith

Stone, calculus

-malacia

Softening

-megaly

Enlargement

-oma

Tumor

-osis

Abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

-pathy

Disease

-penia

Decrease, deficiency

-phobia

Fear

-rrhage, -rrhagia

Bursting (of)

-rrhea

Discharge, flow

-rrhexis

Rupture

-stenosis

Narrowing, stricture

-toxic

Poison

-trophy

Nourishment, development

-ia, -ism, -isy

Condition

-iatry

Medicine, treatment

-ist

Specialist

-y

Condition, process

a-, an-

without, not

Circum-, peri-

Around

Dia-, trans-

Through, across

Dipl-, diplo-

Double

Dys-

Bad, painful, difficult

Endo-, intra-

In, within

Homo-, homeo-

Same

Hypo-

Under, below, deficient

Macro-

Large

Micro-

Small

Mono-, Uni-

One

Pre-

Before, in front of

Primi-

First

Post-

After, behind

Retro-

Backward, behind

Super-

Upper, above

Abdomin/o

Abdomen

Anter/o

Anterior, front

Caud/o

Tail

Cephal/o

Head

Cervic/o

Neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)

Crani/o

Cranium (skull)

Cyt/o

Cell

Dist/o

Far, farthest

Hist/o

Tissue

ili/o

ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone)

Infer/o

Lower, below

Inguin/o

Groin

Later/o

Side, to one side

Lumb/o

Loins (lower back)

Medi/o

Middle

Nucle/o

Nucleus

Pelv/o, pelv/i

Pelvis

Poster/o, dors/o

Back (of body), behind, posterior

Proxim/o

Near, nearest

Radi/o

Radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)

Spin/o

Spine

Thorac/o

Chest

Umbilic/o

Umbilicus, navel