Medical Terminology

a-, an-

absence of or without

anti-, contra-

against

auto-

self

bi-, di-

two

Brady-

slow

cyano-

blue

dys-

abnormal, bad, difficult, painful

endo-, intra-

inside, within

epi-

over, upon

erythro-

red

extra-

outside

hemi-, semi-

half

hyper-

above, excessive

hypo-

below, deficient

leuko-

white

mono-, uni-

one

neo-

new

oligo-

few, scanty

peri-

around, surrounding

poly-

many, much

post-

after

pre-

before

retro-

behind, backward

sub-

under

tachy-

fast, rapid

arthro-, articulo-

joint

cardio-

heart

chole-

bile, gall

cutaneo-, dermato-

skin

cysto-

bladder

encephalo-

brain

entero-

intestine

gastro-

stomach

gluco-, glyco-

sugar

hemato-, hemo-

blood

hepato-

liver

kali-

potassium

mammo-, masto-

breast

myelo-

bone marrow, spinal cord

myo-

muscle

natro-

sodium

nephro-

kidney

neuro-

nerve

necro-

death

ophthalmo-

eye

osteo-

bone

oto-

ear

pneumo-, pulmono-

lungs

rhino-

nose

thrombo-

clot

-ac, -ic, -ous

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-cele

hernia, protrusion

-cyte, -cytic

cell

-ectomy

excision, removal

-emia

in the blood

-ia, -ism, -osis

condition

-itis

inflammation

-lysis

break down, destruction, dissolution

-megaly

enlarged, enlargement

-oma

tumor

-ostomy

opening

-pathy

disease

-penia

decrease, deficiency

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-phasia

speech

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing

-poesis

formation, production

-rrhage, -rrhagic

bleeding

-rrhea flow

discharge

-sclerosis

hardening

-stasis

control stop

-stenosis

narrowing

-uria

in the urine