intro to medical terminology unit 1

aden/o

gland

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

chem/o

chemical

cis/o

to cut

dermat/o

skin

enter/o

small intestine

gastr/o

stomach

gynec/o

female

root word

main part of a word

prefix

beginning of a word

suffix

word ending

hem/hemat/o

blood

hydro/o

water

immun/o

immunity

laryng/o

voice box

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

ophthalm/o

eye

ot/o

ear

path/o

disease

pulmon/o

lung

rhin/o

nose

a-

without, away from

an-

without

ante-

before, in front of

anti-

against

auto-

self

brady-

slow

contra-

against

de-

without

dys-

painful, difficult, abnormal

endo-

within, inner

epi-

upon, over

eso-

inward

eu-

good, normal

ex-

external, outward

exo-

outward

extra-

outside of

hetero-

different

homo-

same

hydro-

water

hyper-

over, above

hypo-

under, below

in-

not, inward

inter-

among, between

intra-

within, inside

macro-

large

micro-

small

myo-

to shut

neo-

new

pan-

all

para-

beside, near, abnormal, two like parts of a pair

per-

through

peri-

around

post-

after

pre-

before, in front of

pro-

before

pseudo-

false

retro-

backward, behind

sub-

under, below

supra-

above

tachy-

excessive, rapid, fast

trans-

through, across

ultra-

beyond, excess

un-

not

bi-

two

hemi-

half

mono-

one

multi-

many

nulli-

none

poly-

many

primi-

first

quadri-

four

semi-

half, partial

tri-

three

tetra-

four

-algia

pain

-cele

hernia, protrusion

-cyte

cell

-dynia

pain

-ectasis

dilation

-gen

that which produces

-genesis

produces, generates

-genic

producing, produced by

-ia

state condition

-iasis

abnormal condition

-iatry

medical treatment

-itis

inflammation

-logist

one who studies

-logy

study of

-lysis

destruction

-lytic

destruction

-Malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement, large

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor, mass, swelling

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-phobia

fear