RADS1010 Terminology

abdomin/o

abdomen

acr/o

extremities

aden/o

gland

angi/o

vessels

ateri/o

artery

arthro/o

joint

carcin/o

cancer

col/o

colon or large intestine

cyst/o

urinary bladder

hydr/o

water of fluid

lapar/o

abdomen or abdominal wall

mamm/o

breast

myel/o

spinal cord or bone marrow

my/o

muscle

nephr/o

kidney

opthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

pulmon/o

lungs

thorac/o

chest

ven/o

vein

viscer/o

internal organs

algia

pain

cele

hernia

centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid for analysis

dynia

pain

ectomy

excision, removal or resection

genesis

condition of producing or forming

gram

record

graphy

process of recording

itis

inflammation

logy

the study of

malacia

softening

megaly

enlargement

oma

tumor, mass or collection

opsy

to view

osis

condition which is usually abnormal

pathy

disease condition

penia

deficiency

sclerosis

hardening

scopy

process of visual examination

stomy

an opening to form a mouth or stoma

er

one

ia

condition

ist

refers to specialist

y

refers to a condition or process

cost/o

rib

dactyl/o

fingers, toes

gloss/o

tongue

glyc/o

sugar

immun/o

protection

seps/o

infection

the/o

to put, place

trache/o

windpipe or trachea

urethr/o

urethra

ox/o

oxygen

norm/o

rule, order

a, an-

not, without

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

ante-

before, forward

anti-

against

auto-

self, own

bi-

two

brady-

slow

con-

with, together

contra-

against, opposite

dia-

through, complete

dys-

bad, difficult, painful

ec-, ecto-

out, outside

en-, endo-

in, within

epi-

upon, on or above

ex-

out, away from

hemi-

half

hyper-

excessive, above

hypo-

deficient

infra-

beneath

inter-

between

intra-

in, within

macro-

larger

mal-

bad

micro-

small

pan-

all

para-

near, beside, abnormal, apart from

per-

surrounding

poly-

many, much

post-

after, behind

pre-

before, in front of

pro-

before, forward

retro-

behind, backward

sub-

under

supra-

above, upper

tachy-

fast

trans-

across, through

uni-

one

-ectasis

stretching

-emesis

vomiting

-lysis

destruction, breakdown or separation

-pepsia

digestion

-phagia

eating or swallowing