Stepful CCMA Medical Terminology

( Suffixes, Prefixes & Root Words )

-al, -eal, -iac, -ic, -ical, -ior

Pertaining to

algia, dynia

pain

-ectomy

excision, surgical removal

-gram

record

-ia

condition of

-ian, -ist

specialist

-ism

condition, method, process

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-oid

like, resembling

-oma

tumor

-pathy

disease condition

-scope

process of visual examining

-tomy

process of cutting, incision

a-, an-

no, not, without

anti-, contra

against

auto-

self

dia-

through, complete

dys-

abnormal, painful, difficult

endo-

within

ex-

out

hyper-

excessive, above

deficient, below

mega-

large

peri-

around, surround

pro-, ante

before

re-

back, again

sub-

under, below

trans-

across, through

abdomen/o

Abdomen

aden/o

Gland

arthr/o

Joint

cardi/o

Heart

cephal/o

Head

cervic/o

Neck

chondr/o

Cartilage

crani/o

Skull

cutane, derm/o, dermat/o

Skin

cyt/o

cell

dors/o

back portion of the body

gastro/o

Stomach

hemat/o, hem/o

Blood

hepat/o

Liver

hist/o

Tissue

nephr/o, ren/o

Kidney

neur/o

Nerve

oste/o, oss/l, osse/o

Bone

ot/o

Ear

pelv/o, pelvi/o

hip, pelvic cavity

phleb/o

Vein

rhin/o

Nose

thorac/o

Chest

vertebr/o

Vertebrae, backbones

ankly/o

bent crooked

cry/o

Cold

eu

good, natural

malacia

Softening

megaly

Enlargement

tachy

Fast

brachy

Short

ab

away from

ad

toward

anter/o

front

circum

around

end/o

within

hemi

half, one side

inter

between

later/o

side

medi/o, mes/o

middle

poster/o

back

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black, dark

xanth/o

yellow

brady-
(e.g bradycardia)

slow

post-
(e.g postprandial)

after

thromb

clot

arterio
(e.g arteriosclerosis)

artery

osteo
(osteoporosis)

bone

-pnea
(e.g apnea)

breathing

-emia

(e.g hypoglycemia)

blood condition

-stasis
(e.g metastasis)

stopping, control

-stomy

opening

-rrhea

flow/discharge

The vowel used most often to combine medical words is?

“O”

cirrho-

yellow

albi-
(e.g Albinism)

white

rube-

red

glyc-

sweet

mal-

bad

neo-

new

patho-

disease

retro-

back/behind

semi-

half

super-

over/above

tachy-

fast

encephal-

brain

oto-

ears

ophthalm

eyes