Medical Terminology Chapters 1-3

-stomy

communication

gastr

stomach

cardi

heart

pulmo

lung

nephr, ren

kidney

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ile, -oid, -ory, -ous

pertaining to

-ia, -ism, -sis, -y

condition of

-logy

study of

cardiovascular

pertaining to the heart and blood vessels

urogenital

pertaining to the urinary and reproductive systems

lymphocyte

a white blood cell found in the lymphatic system

neur

nerve or nervous system

ptosis

dropping, downward placement

gnathic

pertaining to the jaw

-rhea

flow, discharge

-itis

inflammation

-ic

pertaining to

-ist

specialist in a field of study

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

endo/o-

in, within

dia-, per-, trans-

through

ante-, pre-, pro-

before, in front of

eu-

good, true, easy

ec-, ecto-, es/o-

out, outside

post-

after, behind

hyper-

over, excess, abnormally high, increased

hypo-

under, below, abnormally low, decreased

a-, an-

not, without, lack of, absence

in-, -im, non-, un-

not

leuk/o

white, colorless

erythr/o

red

cyan/o

blue

-ase

enzyme

gen, genesis

origin, formation

hist/o, histi/o

tissue

morph/o

form

hydr/o

water, fluid

phag/o

eat, ingest

aden/o

gland

cyt/o, -cyte

cell

pharynx

throat

thorax

chest

cervix

neck

coccyx

terminal portion of the spine

hemorrhage

a bursting forth of blood

menorrhea

menstrual flow

prim/i-

primary

mon/o-

one

uni-

one

hemi-

half;one side

semi-

half; partial

bi-

two, twice

di-

two, twice

dipl/o-

double

tri-

three

quadr/i-

four

tetra-

four

multi-

many

poly-

many, much

melan/o-

black, dark

xanth/o-

yellow

anti-

against

contra-

against, opposite

de-

down, without, removal loss

dis-

absence, removal, separation

non-

not

un-

not

ab-

away from

ad-

toward, near

olig/o-

few, scanty

pan-

all

super-

above, excess

equi-

equal, same

hetero-

other, different, unequal

homo-, homeo

same, unchanging

iso-

equal, same

macro-

large, abnormally large

mega-, megalo-

large, abnormally large

micro-

small

neo-

new

normo-

normal

ortho-

straight, correct, upright

poikilo-

varied, irregular

pseudo-

false

re-

again, back

dextr/o-

right

sinistr/o

left

ec-, ecto-

out, outside

ex/o-

away from, outside

end/o-

in, within

mes/o-

middle

syn-, sym-

together

tel/e-, tel/o-

end

metr/o-

measure

bio

life

clon(e)

colony, clone