Medical Terminology: Body Systems and Their Components

a-

absence of, without, no, not, negates meaning

an-

absence of, without, no, not negates meaning

bi-

two

bin-

two

endo-

within, in

audi/o

hearing

aur/o

ear

aur/i

ear

blephar/o

eyelid

cochle/o

cochlea

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva

cor/o

pupil

corne/o

cornea

core/o

pupil

cry/o

cold

dacry/o

tear, tear duct

dipl/o

two, double

ir/o

iris

irid/o

iris

is/o

equal

kerat/o

cornea

labyrinth/o

labyrinth, inner ear

lacrim/o

tear, tear duct

mastoid/o

mastoid bone

myring/o

tympanic membrane, eardrum

ocul/o

eye

ophthalm/o

eye

opt/o

vision

ot/o

ear

phac/o

lens

phak/o

lens

phot/o

light

pupill/o

pupil

retin/o

retina

scler/o

sclera

staped/o

stapes, middle ear

ton/o

tension, pressure

tympan/o

tympanic membrane, middle ear

vestibul/o

vestibule

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ectomy

excision or surgical removal

-gram

record, radiographic image

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition of, diseased or abnormal state

-ic

pertaining to

-itis

inflammation

-logist

specialist or physician who studies and treats

-logy

study of

-malacia

softening

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-oma

tumor

-opia

vision as it relates to condition

-osis

abnormal condition of

-pathy

disease

-pexy

surgical fixation

-phobia

abnormal fear, aversion to specific things

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

prolapse, drooping, sagging

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instrument used to view

-scopy

process of viewing

-stomy

creation of artificial opening

-tomy

incision, cut into

dia-

through, complete

dys-

difficult, painful, abnormal, labored

epi-

upon, on, over

hyper-

above, excessive

hypo-

deficient, below, under, incomplete

intra-

within, in

meta-

change, beyond, after

neo-

new

para-

beside, around, beyond, abnormal

per-

through

pro-

before

sub-

under, below

trans-

through, across, beyond

uni-

one

aut/o

self

bi/o

life

coni/o

dust

crypt/o

hidden

cutane/o

skin

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

heter/o

other

hidr/o

sweat

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

onych/o

nail

pachy/o

thick

rhytid/o

wrinkles

seb/o

sebum

staphyl/o

grapelike clusters