health science med term

a/an

without

aden

gland

albin

white

algia

pain

angio

blood vessel

anti

against

arterio

artery

arthro

joint

ase

enzyme

bi/di

two

brady

slow

bucca

cheek

cardi

heart

cephal

head

cerebr

brain

cervic

neck

chole

bile

cide

causing death

circum

around

cost

rib

cyan

blue

cyst

sac containing fluid

dermat

skin

dipsia

thrist

dys

difficult/pain

ectomy

surgical removal

emesis

vomit

emia

blood

endo

inside

enter

intestines

epi

above/upon

erythro

red

gastr

stomach

genesis

origin/source

gingiv

stomach

gloss/lingua

tongue

glyco

sugar

gram/graph

picture

hem

blood

hemi

half

hepat

liver

hydro

water

hyper

more than normal

hypo

below/less than

hyster

uterus

inter

between

intra

inside

itis

inflammation of

lateral

to the side

leuko

white

lip

fat

lith

stone

mal

bad/difficult

malacia

softening

mamm/mast

breast

medio

middle

megal

enlarged

micro

small

mono

one

myo

muscle

neo

new

nephr

kidney

odont/dent

tooth

oid

like/similar

ologist

specialist

ology

the study of

oma

tumor

oo

egg

oohporo

ovary

opt/opthalm

eye

orch

testicles

orrhagia

hemorrhage

orrhea

flow

ortho

straight

osis

condition of

ost

bone

ostomy

surgical opening

oto

ear

path

disease

penia

deficiency

peri

around

phleb

vein

phobia

fear

plasty

surgical repair

pneumo

lung/air

poly

many

post

behind/after

pre

before

procto

rectum

pseudo

false

psych

mind

pulm

lung

retro

behind

rhin

nose

sclerosis

hardening

scope

observe/look

semi

half

statis

stoppage

sub

below

tachy

fast