Medical Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

arteri/o

artery

arthro

joint

cardio

heart

cephalo

head

cerebr/o

brain

cost

rib

cranio

skull

cyst

bladder

cyto

cell

derma

skin

entero

small intestine

gastro

stomach

hema

blood

hepato

liver

adipo, lipo. steato

fat

myo

muscle

nephro, reno

kidney

rhino

nose

neuro

nerve

ophthal, oculo

eye

osteo

bone

oto

ear

pneumo

lung

thoraco

chest

ven, phlebo

vein

a-. an-

without, not

anti-

against

auto

self

bi-

two, double

brady-

slow

dys-

bad, difficult, painful

eu-

good, normal

hemi-

half

hyper-

above, excessive

hypo-

less than, under

inter-

between

intra-

within

multi-

many

peri-

around

poly-

many, much

post-

after, behind

pre-

before, in front

pseudo-

false

quad-

four

semi-

half

sub-

under, below

tachy-

fast, rapid

-ac, -al, -eal, -ic

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cide

to kill or destroy

-ectomy

removal of

-emia

blood

-gram

record

-graph

instrument to record

-ism

condition

-itis

inflammation of

-lithiasis

presence of stones

-ology

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-otomy

surgical incision

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing, respiration

-rrhea

drainage, flow

-scope

examination, instrument

-stasis

stoppage

-stomy

artificial opening

-uria

urine

colo

large intestine