Med Term Principles of Health Science

appendic/o

appendix

arthr/o

joint

cephal/o

head

chole/o

bile/gall

col/o

colon

crani/o

skull/cranium

cyst/o

urinary bladder/fluid filled sack

dactyl/o

finger/toe

derm/o

skin

enter/o

intestine

gingiv/o

gums

hem/o

blood

lapar/o

the abdominal wall or the flank

lip/o

fat

mast/o

breast/something resembling a breast

neur/o

nerve/nervous system

odont/o

tooth

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

pod/o

foot

pulmon/o

lung

thorac/o

chest/thorax

angi/o

blood vessel/lymph vessel

arteri/o

artery

cardi/o

heart

chondr/o

cartilage

cost/o

rib

cyt/o and —cyte

cell

dent/o

tooth/dental

gastr/o

stomach

gloss/o

tongue

hepat/o

liver

hyster/o

uterus/womb

mamm/o

breast

my/o

muscle

nephr/o

kidney

or/o

mouth

phon/o

sound/voice

pneum/o

lung/air/breath

proct/o

anus/rectum

rhin/o

nose

spleen/o

spleen

vas/o

vessel/duct/tube

a-, an-

without, lack

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

anti-

against or opposing

brady-

slow

dys-

painful, difficult, abnormal

endo-

within, inside

epi-

upon, over

hyper-

excessive, high, above normal

hypo-

deficient, low, beneath

macro

large, excessive

micro-

small, minute

neo-

new, recent, young

peri-

around, surrounding

poly-

many

post-

after, behind, subsequent

sub-

under, below

super-

above, beyond, excessive, superior

tachy-

fast, rapid

-algia

pain

-ectomy

surgical removing

-itis

inflamation, swelling

-gram

recorded picture or tracing

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-necrosis

tissue or cell death

-ology

study of

-ologist

specialist

-osis

abnormal condition, disease, or increase

-ostomy

artificial opening

-otomy

cutting into, incision

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing or stitching

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening of tissue