Medical Terminology: Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A collection of medical vocabulary including prefixes, roots, and suffixes covering sensory systems and the endocrine system.

bi-

two

bin-

two

a-

absence of, without, no, not, negates meaning

an-

absence of, without, no, not negates meaning

endo-

within, in

acous/o

hearing

audi/o

hearing

audit/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

cyst/o

bladder, sac or cyst

dacry/o

tear, tear duct

dipl/o

two, double

ir/o

iris

irid/o

iris

is/o

equal

kerat/o

cornea

labyrith/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

ossicul/o

ossicle

ot/o

ear

phac/o

lens

phak/o

lens

phot/o

light

pupill/o

pupil

retin/o

retina

salping/o

tube

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; excision, cut out

-gram

record, radiographic image

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition of, diseased or abnormal state; conditon of, abnormal state, diseased 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, swelling; tumor

-opia

vision as it relates to condition

-osis

abnormal condition

-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

eu-

good, normal

hypo-

below, under, deficient

hyper-

above, excessive

oxy-

rapid, sharp, acid

para-

around, beside, beyond, abnormal

pan-

all, total

poly-

many or much

syn-

joined, together

tetr-

four

tri-

three

acr/o

extremities, height

aden/o

gland

adren/o

adrenal glands

adrenal/o

adrenal glands

calc/i

calcium

cortic/o

cortex, outer layer of a body organ

dips/o

thirst

glyc/o

sugar

endocrin/o

endocrine

home/o

sameness

kal/i

potassium

myx/o

mucus

natr/o

sodium

parathyroid/o

parathyroid gland

phys/o

growing