med term chapter 1

abdomin/o-

abdomen

append/o-

appendix; small structure hanging from a larger structure

arteri/o-

artery

arthr/o-

joint

bi/o-

life; living organism; living tissue

card/i-

heart

cholecyst/o-

gallbladder

col/o-

colon

colon/o-

colon

communicat/o-

impart; transmit

cost/o-

rib

cutane/o-

skin

derm/o-

skin

dietet/o-

diet; foods

digest/o-

break down food; digest

enter/o-

intestine

esthes/o-

feeling; sensation

etym/o-

word origin

gastr/o-

stomach

gemin/o-

group; set

hepat/o-

liver

hyster/o-

uterus; womb

intestin/o-

intestine

lapar/o-

abdomen

laryng/o-

larynx; voice box

later/o-

side

mamm/o-

breast

medic/o-

medicine; physician

menstru/o-

monthly discharge of blood

ment/o-

chin; mind

muscul/o-

muscle

nas/o-

nose

neur/o-

nerve

nutrit/o-

nourishment

pelv/o-

hip bone; pelvis; renal pelvis

phag/o-

eating; swallowing

pleg/o-

paralysis

pneumon/o-

air; lung

psych/o-

mind

sperm/o-

sperm; spermatozoon

spir/o-

breathe; coil

tens/o-

pressure; tension

therap/o-

treatment

thyroid/o-

thyroid gland

tonsill/o-

tonsil

trache/o-

trachea; windpipe

urin/o-

urinary system; urine

uter/o-

uterus; womb

vagin/o-

vagina

ven/o-

vein

\-ac

pertaining to

\-al

pertaining to

\-ar

pertaining to

\-ary

pertaining to

\-ation

being; having; process

\-ectomy

surgical removal

\-gram

picture; record

\-grapy

process of recording

\-ia

condition; state; thing

\-iatry

medical treatment

\-ic

pertaining to

\-ics

knowledge; practice

\-ine

pertaining to; thing pertaining

\-ion

action; condition

\-ism

disease from a specific cause; process

\-ist

person who specializes in; thing that specializes in

\-itis

infection of; inflammation of

\-ive

pertaining to

\-logy

study of

\-megaly

enlargement

\-metry

process of measuring

\-oma

mass; tumor

\-osis

condition; process

\-ous

pertaining to

\-pathy

disease

\-scope

instrument used to examine

\-scopy

process of using an instrument to examine

\-stomy

surgically created opening

\-therapy

treatment

\-tomy

process of cutting; process of making an incision

a-

away from; without

an-

not; without

anti-

against

bi-

two

brady-

slow

de-

reversal of; without

dys-

abnormal; difficult; painful

endo-

innermost; within

epi-

above; upon

eu-

good; normal

hemi-

one half

hyper-

above; more than normal

hypo-

below; deficient

inter-

between

intra-

within

mal-

bad; inadequate

peri-

around

poly-

many; much

post-

after; behind

pre-

before; in front of