Medical Terminology Ch. 1 - Basics of Medical Terminology

alveol/o

alveolus; air sac

arthr/o

joint

aur/o

ear

bi/o

life

cardi/o

heart

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

col/o

large intestine; colon

cost/o

rib

cutane/o

skin

enter/o

intestines (usually the small intestine)

gastr/o

stomach

glyc/o

sugar; glucose

hem/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

lip/o

fat

log/o

study

my/o

muscle

nas/o

nose

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

or/o

mouth

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

a-, an-

not; without

ante-

before

anti-

against

bi-

two; both

brady-

slow

endo-

in; within

epi-

on; over; upon

hyper-

above; above normal; excessive

hypo-

below; below normal; deficient

inter-

between

intra-

within; into

peri-

around; surrounding

sub-

below; under

supra-

above

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

ultra-

beyond; excess

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-emia

blood condition

-gen

substance that produces

-ia

condition

-ine

a substance (noun); pertaining to (adjective)

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist (one who studies)

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor; mass

-osis

process; abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-stomy

surgical opening

-tomy

process of cutting; incision

-um

structure; tissue; thing