Medical Terminology - prefixes, suffixes, roots

acr/o

extremities

cardi/o

pertaining to the heart

cyan/o

blue

cyt/o

cell

dermat/o

skin

derm/o

skin

duoden/o

duodenum (first part of small intestine)

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-ectomy

excision, removal

cis/o

to cut, incision

-itis

inflammation of

-ologist

one who studies, specialist

electr/o

electricity

gastr/o

stomach, belly

gram/o

to print or record

leuk/o

white, colorless

megal/o

enlarged

-ology

study of

-osis

condition of

-ostomy

surgically create an opening

-otomy

cutting into

-tome

instrument used to cut

-um, -y, -a, -ia

noun endings

encephal/o

brain, inside head

symptomat/o

collection of symptoms

-malacia

abnormal softening

eti/o/logy

study of the causes of disease

-emia

blood condition

amni/o

amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

carcin/o

cancerous, cancer

carcin/o

malignancy

cele/o, o/cele

hernia

chem/o

drug, chemical

cephal/o

head

chondr/o

cartilage

cutane/o

skin

cost/o

rib

dent/o

tooth or teeth

en-

in, inside

hyper-

over, above

hypo-

under, below

inter-

between, among

emes/is

to vomit, vomiting

laryng/o

larynx (voice box)

lip/o

fat, lipid

malac/o

soft, softening

oste/o

bone, bone tissue

plast/o

growth, formation, sometimes repair

troph/o

development, nourishment

-ia, - ic

pertaining to

lingu/o

tongue

mast/o

breast

muc/o

mucus

norm/o

rule, order

ox/o

oxygen

path/o

disease

ped/o

child

peritone/o

peritoneum (membrane surrounding the abdominal organs)

pharyng/o

pharynx (throat)

pneumon/o

lung, air

pulmon/o

air, lung

son/o

sound

thel/o

nipple

mamm/o

breast, mammary glands

lymph/o

lymph, lymphatic tissue

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor, mass

abdomin/o

abdomen

acu/o

sharp, severe, sudden

centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

cerebr/o

cerebrum

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

chol/e

bile, gall

cocc/i

round shaped bacteria; coccus

crani/o

cranium (skull)

cyst/o

bladder

hydr/o

water

lith/o

stone, calculus

lumb/o

loins (lower back)

metr/o

uterus (womb); measure

meter

measure

ot/o

ear

pelv/i

pelvis

phob/ia

fear

pub/o

pubis

py/o

pus

rhin/o

nose

therap/o

treating or curing

thorac/o

thorax, chest

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

supra-

above, upper

-ar

pertaining to

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopy

visual examination

-orrhea

flow, discharge

-meter

instrument for measuring