Medical Terminology

ab-

"from, away from"

abdomin/o

abdomen

abort/o

to miscarry

-ac

pertaining to

acid/o

acid

acous/o

hearing

acr/o

extremity

acromi/o

acromion (projection of scapula)

-acousis

hearing

-ad

toward

ad-

toward

aden/o

gland

adenoid/o

adenoids

adip/o

fat

adren/o

adrenal glands

adrenal/o

adrenal glands

aer/o

air

af-

toward

agglutin/o

"clumping, gluing"

agora-

marketplace

-al

pertaining to

albin/o

white

albumin/o

albumin (protein)

-algesia

sensitivity to pain

-algia

pain

allo-

"other, differing from the normal"

alveol/o

alveolus; air sac

ambly/o

"dull, dim"

amni/o

amnion (amniotic sac)

an-

"without, not"

an/o

anus

ana-

against; up; back

andr/o

male

aneurysm/o

widened blood vessel

angi/o

Vessel (usually blood or lymph)

aniso-

unequal, dissimilar

ankyl/o

stiffness; bent, crooked

ante-

"before, in front of"

anter/o

"anterior, front"

anthrac/o

"coal, coal dust"

anti-

against

aort/o

aorta

append/o

appendix

appendic/o

appendix

aque/o

water

-ar

pertaining to

-arche

beginning

arteri/o

artery

arteriol/o

arteriole

arter/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

-ary

pertaining to

asbest/o

asbestos

-asthenia

weakness, debility

astr/o

star

-ate

"having the form of, possessing"

atel/o

incomplete; imperfect

ather/o

fatty plaque

-ation

process (of)

atri/o

atrium

audi/o

hearing

audit/o

hearing

aur/o

ear

auricul/o

ear

auto-

"self, own"

ax/o

"axis, axon"

azot/o

nitrogenous compounds comes from Greek word azote meaning without life

bacteri/o

bacteria (bacterium)

balan/o

glans penis

bas/o

"base (alkaline, opposite of acid)"

bi-

two

bil/i

"bile, gall"

bi/o

life

-blast

embryonic cell

blast/o

embryonic cell

blephar/o

eyelid

brachi/o

arm

brachy-

short

brady-

slow

bronch/o

"bronchus (plural, bronchi)"

bronchi/o

bronchus (bronchi)

bronchiol/o

bronchiole

bucc/o

cheek

calc/o

calcium

calcane/o

calcaneum (heel bone)

-capnia

carbon dioxide (CO2)

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

-cardia

heart condition

carp/o

carpus (wrist bone)

cata-

down

caud/o

tail

cauter/o

"heat, burn"

cec/o

cecum

-cele

hernia, swelling

-centesis

surgical puncture

cephal/o

head

-ceps

head

-ception

conceiving

cerebell/o

cerebellum