Chapter 1: Medical Terminology

lip, lip/o

lip, lip/o

fat

-emia

blood condition

protein

protein

angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o

vessel

cardi/o

heart

esophagus/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

oste/o

bone

ur/o, urin/o

urine

-megaly

enlargement

-stomy

creation of an opening

-tomy

incision

peri-, circum-

around

-logy

study of

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhexis

rupture

epi-

upon

sub-, infra-

below or under

a- , an-

without

anti-, contra-

against or opposed to

de-

front, down, or not

ab-

away from

ad-

to, toward, or near

dia-, trans-

across or through

e-, ec-, ex-

out or away

ecto-, exo-, extra-

outside

en-, endo-, intra-

within

inter-

between

meso-

middle

meta-

beyond, after, or change

para-

alongside of or abnormal

retro-

backward or behind

bi-

two or both

hemi-,semi-

half

hyper-, super- , supra-

above or excessive

hypo-

below or deficient

macro-

large or long

micro-

small

mono-

one

multi-

many

oligo-

few or deficient

pan-

all

poly-

many

quadri-

four

tri-

three

uni-

one

ultra-

beyond or excessive

ante-, pre- pro-

before

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

post-

after or behind

re-

again or back

con-, syn- sym-

together or with

dys-

painful, difficult, or faulty

eu-

good or normal

neo-

new

-algia, -dynia

pain

-genesis

origin or production

-lysis

breaking down or dissolution

-oid

resembling

-penia

abnormal reduction

-rrhea

discharge

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-cele

pouching or hernia

-ectasis

expansion or dilation

-iasis

formation or presence of

-itis

inflammation

-malacia

softening

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition or increase

-phil, -philia

attraction for

-ptosis

falling or downward displacement

-rrhage

excessive discharge (usually blood)

-centesis

puncture for aspiration

-decis

binding

-ectomy

excision (removal)

-pexy

suspension or fixation

-plasty

surgical repair or reconstruction

-ation

process

-e

general indicator that a word is a person, place, or thing

-ia, -ism, -y

condition of

-ium

structure or tissue

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule

small

-gram

record

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-iatric, -iatry

pertaining to medicine, a physician, or healer

-logist, -ist

one who specializes in the study or treatment of

-meter

instrument for reasoning

-metry

process of measuring

-poiesis

formation

-scope

instrument for examination

-stasis

stop or stand

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black