med term- RUTGERS

macr/o

large

mega-,megalo

very large, also 1 million

macr/o-

large

mega-, megalo-

very large; also 1 million

micro-

very small; also one-millionth

mini-

small

a-, an-

without

diplo-

double

hemi-, semi-

half

hyper.

above, surplus, greater than normal

hypo-

below, less than normal

nulli-

none

penia-

deficiency

super-

excessive

ultra-

excessive or beyond

mono-, uni-

one

bi-

two or twice

centi-

one hundredth (0.01)

di-

two or twice

poly-

many

tetra-, quadri-

four

tri-

three

ab-

away

ad-

towards

anter/o-

toward the front, ventral

cephal/o-

toward the head

crani/o-

skull

epi-

on, upon

infer/o-

below

later/o-

nearer the side farther from the midline

medi/o-

middle or nearer middle

peri-

around

post-

behind or after

poster/o-

toward the back, dorsal

pre-

before or ahead of

proxim/o-

nearest point of attachment

retro-

backward

sub-

below, under

supra-

location above or over

trans-

across

ventr/o-

belly side; in humans same as ventral

albin/o-

white

chlor/o-

green

chrom/o-

color

cyan/o-

blue

erythr/o-

red

leuk/o-

white

melan/o-

black

rub-

red

xanth/o-

yellow

oma

tumor

ptosis

sagging, dropping

rrhagia

hemorrhage

rhea

discharge or flow

rrhexis

rupture

sclerosis

hardening

stasis

stopping, controlling

card-, cardi/o-

heart

thoraco-

chest

cephalo-

head

cervi-

neck

-cyte

cell

dactyl-

fingers, sometimes toes

denti-

tooth

derm-

skin

-emia

blood

gastr-

stomach

genito-

organs of reproduction

gyn-, gyneco-

woman

hem-, hemat/o-

blood

hepato-

liver

mast-, mast/o-

breast

my-, myo-

muscle

neph-, nephr/o-

kidney

ophthalm-

eye

osteo-

bone

ot-, oto-

ear

thin-, rhin/o-

nose

-centesis

puncture

clasis

surgical fracture of a bone

ectomy

excision (removal)

lysis

destruction

pexy

fixation

plasty

repair

scope

instrument for viewing or with a light

scopy

visual examination

stomy

forming an artificial opening

tome

cutting instrument

tomy

incision

tripsy

crushing

-algia

pain

-dynia

pain

-ia

condition

-iac

one who suffers from a condition

-iasis

condition

-ism

resembling

-itis

inflammation

-lysis

destruction or decomposition

-oid

resembling

-osis

condition