Medical Terminology: Word Elements and Meanings

Vocabulary flashcards defining medical prefixes, roots, combining forms, and suffixes.

a-

without, not

algesia

sensitivity to pain

an-

without, not

angi/o

vessel (blood vessel)

arteri/o

artery

asthenia

weakness

-ation

process; condition

bol/o

travel/throw/cast

cardi/o

heart

comat/o

deep sleep

-copal

pertaining to fainting

coron/o

heart (crown/circle)

dys-

bad

en-

in

fibril

rapid, irregular heart contractions

flutter

rapid, regular heart contractions

gait

walking

-gram

record

hemi-

half

infarct

tissue death

-itis

inflammation

lex/o

word; phrase

my/o

muscle

neur/o

nerve

-osis

condition

-pathy

disease

peri-

around/near

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis; palsy

poly-

many

pulmon/o

lungs

rhythm/o

rhythm

sclerosis

hard

-scope

observe

steth/o

chest

syn-

together; with

systole

contraction phase of heartbeat

tax/o

order; coordination