Pharmacy Technician Certification Terms

Albin/o

white

bi/o

life

cry/o

cold

Cutane/o

skin

Cyan/o

Blue

Derm/o

Skin

Dermat/o

Skin (when used before vowel)

Diaphor/o

Profuse sweating

Electr/o

Electricity

Ichthy/o

Scaly

Kerat/o

Hard

Lip/o

Fat

Melan/o

Black

Myc/o

Fungus

Necr/o

Death

Pil/o

Hair

Py/o

Pus

Rhytid/o

Wrinkle

Seb/o

Oil

Ungu/o

Nail

Xer/o

Dry

Hyper-

Over, above

Hypo-

Under, below

-trophy

Development/nourishment

Ana-

Without

-algia

Pain

Symptomatic suffix

Symptoms/evidence of illness

Procedural suffix

Surgical or operative procedures

Diagnostic suffix

Refers to illness (ie -emia for blood)

-emia

Blood related

-ectomy

Referring to a removal

-cele

Hernia or portrusion

-cise

To cut

-cyte

Cell

-dynia

Pain

-ectasis

Dilation

-gen

that which produces (mutagen produces mutation)

-genesis

produces/generates

-genic

Produces/ produced by

-ia

State/condition

-iasis

Abnormal condition

-ism

state of

-itis

Inflammation

-logist

One who studies

-logy

The study of

-lysis

destruction

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement/large

-oma

Tumor or mass

-osis

Abnormal condition

-pathy

Disease

-plasia

Development/growth

-plasm

Formation/development

-ptosis

Drooping

-rrhage

Excessive, abnormal flow

-rrhea

Discharge/flow

-rrhexis

Rupture

-sclerosis

Hardening

-stenosis

narrowing

-therapy

treatment

a-

Without, away from

an-

Without

ante-

Before, in front of

anti-

against

auto-

self

brady-

Slow

dys-

painful, difficult

endo-

Within, inner

epi-

Upon, over

eu-

Normal, good

hetero-

Different

homo-

Same

Infra-

Under, beneath, below

Inter-

Among, between

Intra-

Within, inside

Macro-

Large

Micro-

Small

Neo-

New

Pan-

All

Para-

Beside, beyond, near

Per-

Through

Peri-

Around

Post-

After

Pre-

Before, in front of

Pseudo-

False

Retero-

Backward, behind

Sub-

Below, under

Super-

Above, excess

Supra-

Above

Tachy-

Rapid, fast

Trans-

Through, across

Ultra-

Beyond, excess

Anterior

Frontal surface of the body

Posterior

Back side of the body

Superior

Above another structure

Inferior

Below another structure

Medial

Pertaining to the middle

Lateral

Pertaining to the side

Ipsilateral

Same side of the body

Contralateral

Opposite side of the body