EMT Medical Terminology

acou/o

hear

aden/o

andgl

adip/o

fat

alges/o

pain

andr/o

male

arthr/o

joint

blephar/o

eyelid

bucc/o

cheek

burs/o

bursa; pouch/sac

carcin/o

cancer

carp/o

wrist

cervic/o

neck or cervix

chole/o

bile

cili/o

eyelid

derm/o

skin

enter/o

intestine

esthes/o

sensation

febr/o

fever

foramen/o

opening

fract/o

break

gastr/o

stomach

hepat/o

liver

neur/o

nerve

ocul/o

eye

oste/o

bone

ov/o

egg

paed/o

child

ped/o

child or foot

pleur/o

rib/side

pneum/o

air/breath

pod/o

foot

proct/o

rectum

psych/o

mind

pt/o

fall

pulmon/o

lung

pyr/o

fire/fever

ren/o, neph/o, nephr/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sangui(n)/o

blood

sarc/o

tissue

som/a

body

stern/o

breastbone (sternum)

stom/a

body

tox/o

poison

trich/o

hair

viscer/a

internal organs

a-, an-

to lack/without

ab-

away from/off

abdom-

abdominal

ad-

toward/to

ana-

up/back/again

angio

vessel

ante-

before

anti-

against

auto-

self

bi-

two

bio-

life

brady-

slow

calc-

stone

cardi-

heart

cephal-

head

cerbr-

brain

chondr-

cartilage

infra-

beneath/lower/below

inter-

between

intra-

within/inside of

iso-

equal

lith-

stone

mal-

bad/abnormal

myo-

muscle

necr-

death

olig-

scant/deficient

oro-

mouth

ortho-

straight/normal

oto-

ear

pan-

all

para-

by the side

path/o

disease

pepsia-

digestion

per-

through/very/excess

contra-

against

cost-

rib

cyt-

cell

de-

down from

di-

twice/double

dia-

through

dys-

painful/abnormal/difficult

ect-

out from

endo-

within/inside

epi-

on/upon

eu-

good/well/normal

ex-

removal/out/outside of

extra-

outside of

glyc-

sugar

hemat-

blood

heter-

different/other

hyper-

over/excessive

hypo-

under/deficient

in-

in/into/inside

peri-

around