Medical Terminology Terms 1

anter/o

anter/o

front

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

cardi/o

heart

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

col/o, colon/o

large intestine; colon

cost/o

rib

cyt/o

cell

dist/o

away from the point of origin; far; distant

dors/o

back of body

enter/o

intestines (usually the small intestine)

gastr/o

stomach

glyc/o

sugar; glucose

hepat/o

liver

hist/o

tissue

infer/o

below

later/o

side

lip/o

fat

log/o

study

medi/o

middle

my/o

muscle

neur/o

nerve

path/o

disease

poster/o

back (of body); behind

proxim/o

near the point of origin; near; close

sarc/o

flesh; connective tissue

super/o

above

thorac/o

chest

ventr/o

belly side of body; ventral aspect

viscer/o

internal organs

a-, an-

not; without

ante-

before

anti-

against

bi-

two; both

brady-

slow

endo-

in; within

epi-

on; over; upon

hyper-

above; above normal; excessive

hypo-

below; below normal; deficient

inter-

between

intra-

within; into

peri-

around; surrounding

sub-

below; under

supra-

above

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-iac

pertaining to

-ial

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ical

pertaining to

-ior

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-emia

blood condition

-gen

substance that produces

-ia

condition

-ine

chemical; chemical compound; substance; pertaining to

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor; mass

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-stomy

surgical opening

-tomy

process of cutting; incision

-um

structure; tissue; thing

AAF

African-American female

Abd

abdomen; abdominal

CBC

complete blood count

c/o

complains of; complaining of

Consult

consultation

CXR

chest X-ray

ECG/EKG

electrocardiogram

ER

emergency room

hs

half strength; bedtime (Latin hora somni)

ht

height

NKDA

no known drug allergies

NPO

nothing by mouth

OB/GYN

obstetrician/gynecologist

OR

operating room

Postop

after surgery; postoperative

Preop

before surgery; preoperative

Pro. time

prothrombin time (blood-clotting test)

Pt, pt.

patient

PTT

partial thromboplastin time (blood-clotting test)

SOB

shortness of breath

Stat, STAT

immediately (from the Latin statim)

T&C

type and cross-match

UA

urinalysis

VS, V/S

vital signs

WNL

within normal limits