Med Term Word Parts 1-4 + 10-12

-algia

pain, suffering

dys-

bad, difficult, painful.

-ectomy

surgical removal, cutting out

hyper

excessive, increased

hypo

deficient, decreased

-itis

inflammation

-osis

abnormal condition, disease

-ostomy

The surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface.

-otomy

Cutting, surgical incision.

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhage

Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge.

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

anter/o

before, front

caud/o

lower part of body, tail

cephal/o

head

cyt/o , -cyte

cell

end-,endo-

inside, within

exo-

outside, away from

hist/o

tissue

-ologist

specialist

-ology

study or science of

path/o, -pathy

Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion.

plas/i, plas/o, -plasia

development, growth, formation

poster/o

behind, toward the back

-stasis, -static

Control, maintenance of a constant level.

caus/o

burning, burn

cerebr/o

Cerebrum or brain.

concuss/o

Shaken together or violently agitated.

contus/o

bruise

encephal/o

brain

-esthesia

sensation/feeling

esthet/o

Feeling, nervous sensation, or sense of perception.

-graphy

Process of producing a picture or record.

mening/o

Meninges or membranes.

myel/o

Spinal cord or bone marrow.

neur/i, neur/o

nerve, nerve tissue

phobia

abnormal fear

psych/o

mind

radicul/o

root or nerve root

-trophic

Having an affinity for.

opt/i, opt/o, optic/o, ophthalm/o

eyes

ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o

iris

phac/o, phak/o

lens

retin/o

retina

dacryocyst/o, lacrim/o

Accessory structures of the eyes that produce, store, and remove tears.

acous/o, acoust/o, audi/o, audit/o, ot/o

ears

pinn/i

outer ear

myring/o, tympan/o

middle ear

labyrinth/o

inner ear

blephar/o

eyelid

-cusis

hearing

irid/o

iris, colored part of eye

kerat/o

horny, hard, cornea

myring/o

tympanic membrane, eardrum

ophthalm/o

eye vision

-opia

vision condition

opt/o

eye, vision

ot/o

ear, hearing

phak/o

lense of the eye

presby/o

old age

retin/o

retina, net

scler/o

sclera, white of eye, hard

trop/o

turn, change

tympan/o

tympanic membrane, eardrum

opt/i, opt/o, optic/o, ophthalm/o

eyes

ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o

iris

phac/o, phak/o

lens

retin/o

retina

dacryocyst/o, lacrim/o

lacrimal apparatus

acous/o, acoust/o, audi/o, audit/o, ot/o

ears

pinn/i

outer ear

myring/o, tympan/o

middle ear

labyrinth/o

inner ear

a-

without

-ac / -ad / -al / -ary

pertaining to

ad-

toward

ambi-

both

an-

without

cac-

bad / abnormal

carcin/o

cancer

caud/o

tail / down

caus/o

burning

-centesis

surgical puncture

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum

chrom/o / chromat/o

color

cine-

movement

cis/o

to cut

de-

down or away from

dilat/o

expand

dis-

apart or separate

dors/o

back

dist/o

distance from origin

cutane/o

skin

dermat/o

skin