Language of Medicine CH 1

Hemat

Blood

-logy

process of study

prefix

small part attached to the beginning of a term

suffix

word ending

root

foundation of the word

combining vowel

usually o, that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root

combining form

root + combining vowel

electr

electricity

cardi

heart

-gram

record

gastr -

stomach

-itis

inflammation

enter

intestines

hypo-

below

-ic

pretaining to

epi-

above

aden / o

gland

arthr / o

joint

bi / o

life

carcin / o

cancerous , cancer

cardi / o

heart

cephal / o

head

cerebr / o

cerebrum

cis / o

to cut

crin / o

to secrete

cyst / o

urinary bladder

cyt / o

cell

derm / o or dermat / o

skin

electr / o

electricity

encephal / o

brain

enter / o

intestines

erythr / o

red

gastr / o

stomach

glyc / o

sugar

gnos / o

knowledge

gynec / o

woman, female

hemat / o or hem / o

blood

hepat / o

liver

iatr / o

treatment, physician

leuk / o

white

log / o

study of

nephr / o

kidney

neur / o

nerve

onc / o

tumor

ophthalm / o

eye

oste / o

bone

path / o

disease

ped / o

child

psych / o

mind

radi / o

x-rays

ren / o

kidney

rhin / o

nose

sarc / o

flesh

sect / o

to cut

thromb / o

clot, clotting

ur / o

urinary tract, urine

- ac

1. pretaining to

- al

2. pretaining to

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision, removal

-emia

blood condition

-genic

produced by or in

-globin

protein

-gram

record

-ic, ical

3. pertaining to

-ion

process

-ist

specialist

1. -logy

1. process of study

-oma

tumor, mass, swelling

-opsy

process of viewing

-osis

condition, usually abnormal

-pathy

disease condition

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-scopy

proecss of visually examining

-sis

state of; condition

-tomy

process of sutting, incision

-y

process, condition

a-, an-

no, not, without

aut-, auto-

self, own

dia-

complete, through

end-, endo-

within

epi-

above, upon

ex-, exo-

out, outside of, outward

hyper-

excessive, above, more than normal

hypo-

deficient, below, under, less than normal

in-

into, in

peri-

surrounding, around

pro-

before, forward

re-

back, backward, again

retro-

behind

sub-

below, under

trans-

across, through