Med Term Chapter 1

-algia

pain, suffering

-dynia

pain

-ectomy

surgical removal, cutting out

-gram

picture or record

hyper-

excessive, increased

hypo-

deficient, decreased

-itis

inflammation

-osis, -ago, esis, -ia, -iasis, -ion, -ism, -pathy

abnormal condition, disease

-ostomy

the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

pre-

before, in front of

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhage

bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing (stitches)

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

a mature red blood cell

-cyte

cell

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

-oma

tumor

poli/o

gray

myel

spinal cord

oste/o

bone

my/o

muscle

neur/o

nerve

arthr/o

joint

gastr

stomach

enter

small intestine

crani

skull

-ac , -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ical, -ial, -ic, -ine, -ior, -ory, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

cardi

heart

-ology

study of

-hepat/o

liver

-megaly (mega-lee)

enlargement