Chapter 3 and 4 Medical Terminology

mono-, uni-

one

bi-, di-

two

tri-

three

quad-, quadri-, tetra

four

centi-

one hundred, one-hundredth

milli-

one-thousandth

diplo-

double

hemi-, semi-

half, partly

hyper-

excessive, more than normal

hypo-

under, less than normal

multi-, poly-

many

nulli-

none

pan-

all

primi-

first

super-, ultra-

excessive

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

ante-, pre-

before in time or in place

circum-, peri-

around

contra-

against or opposed

dia-

through

ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra

outside, without, away from

en-, end-, endo-

inside

epi-

above, on

hypo-, infra-, sub-

beneath, under

inter-

between

intra-

within

ipsi-

same

meso-, mid-

middle

para-

near, beside, or abnormal

per-

through or by

post-

after, behind

retro-

behind, backward

super-, supra-

above, beyond

sym-, syn-

joined, together

trans-

across

anti-, contra-

against

brady-

slow

dys-

bad, difficult, disordered

eu-

good, normal

mal-

bad, abnormal

pro-

favoring, supporting

tachy-

fast

ante-, pre-, pro-

before

post-

after or behind

macro-, mega-, megalo

large or great

micro-

small

a-, an-

no, not, without

in-

not or inside (in)

non-

not

alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o (leuc/o)

white

chlor/o

green

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

melan/o

black

xanth/o

yellow

cyt/o -cyte

cell

gen/o

beginning, origin (sometimes genes)

-genic

produced by or in

-genesis

producing or forming

gram/o

to record

-gram

a record

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

kinesi/o -kinesia, -kinesis

movement, motion

leps/o -lepsy

seizure

lys/o

destruction, dissolving

-lysin

that which destroys

-lysis

process of destroying

-lytic

capable of or producing destruction

malac/o

soft, softening

-malacia

abnormal softening

megal/o

large, enlarged

-megaly

enlargement

metr/o

measure, uterine tissue

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

process of measuring

path/o -pathy

disease

phag/o

eat, ingest

-phagia, -phagic, -phagy

eating, swallowing

phas/o -phasia

speech

pleg/o -plegia

paralysis

schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o -schisis

split, cleft

scler/o

hard

-sclerosis

hardening

scop/o

to examine, to view

-scope

instrument used for viewing

-scopy

process of examining visually

troph/o -trophic, -trophy

nutrition

aer/o

air

blast/o

embryonic form

cancer/o, carcin/o

cancer

cephal/o

head

cry/o

cold

crypt/o

hidden

dips/o

thirst

electr/o

electricity

fibr/o

fiber

hist/o

tissue

myc/o

fungus