med term chapter 1

What are the elements of medical term

roots, suffixes, prefixes

Root

foundation of the term that provides its meaning, usually of Greek and Latin origin.

Suffix

The ending of some words; not all words have a suffix.

Prefix

The beginning of some words; not all words have a prefix.

combining vowel

Vowel that joins root to suffix or root to root, usually O.

Combining form

root + combining vowel together.

hemat/o/logy

the process of study of blood

Hypodermic

pertaining to below the skin

Cardiomyopathy

Disease of the heart muscle

toxic

in Greek means poison

medical

in Latin means heal

remember

in old English means to remember

Illium

a bone in the pelvis

Illeum

A segment of the small intestine

Malleus

A small bone in the middle ear

Malleolus

A bony protuberance at the ankle

A-, An-

no; not; without

Aut-, Auto-

self; own

Brady-

Slow

Dia-

complete; through

Dys-

Bad; difficult; painful

En-, Endo-

In; within

Epi-

Above; upon; on

Ex-

out; Away from

Exo-

Out; away from

Hyper-

above; excessive

Hypo-

Deficient; below; under

In-

between

Inter-

in; into; not

Peri-

Surrounding

Poly-

Many; excessive

Pro-

before; forward

Pseudo-

False

Re-

Back; again; backward

Sub-

Under; below

Tachy-

Rapid

Trans-

across; through

\-ac,-al, -ic, -ical

Pertaining to

\-algia

pain

\-centesis

to puncture

\-cyte

cell

\-ectasis

dilation

\-ectomy

removal; excision; resection

\-emia

blood condition

\-genic

produced by or in

\-globin

protein

\-gram

record

\-ion

process

\-ist

specialist

\-itis

inflammation

\-logy

process of study

\-megaly

enlargment

\-oma

tumor, mass, swelling

\-opsy

view of

\-osis

condition

\-pathy

disease; emotion

\-phobia

fear

\-plasty

surgical repair

\-scope

instrument for visual examination

\-scopy

process of visual examination

\-stenosis

narrowing of a blood vessel that reduces blood flow

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer; cancerous

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum

cis/o

to cut

crin/o

secrete

cyst/o

urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid

cyt/o

cell

derm/o or dermat/o

skin

electr/o

electricty

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

gn/o

knowledge

gynec/o

women/female

hemat/o or hem/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

iatr/o

physician/treatment

leuk/o

white

nephr/o & ren/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

onc/o

tumor

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

ped/o

child;foot

psych/o

mind

radi/o

x-rays; radius

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh/connective tissue

sect/o

to cut

thromb/o

clot

ur/o

urine; urinary tract infection

diagnosis

a determination of the cause of a disease

iatrogenic

pertaining to illness caused by treatment