Medical Terminology - Chapter 2: Health Care Today

ana-

apart, excessive

-tomy

process of cutting/incision

physi/o

physical function

cyt/o

cell

cellul/o

cell

tom/o

cut, layer, slice

sagitt/o

front to back

medi/o

middle

sagittal plane

vertical split down the nose into left and right sides

medial

moving towards the midline

lateral

moving away from midline

coron/o

structure that encircles like a crown

front/o

front

anter/o

before, front part

ventr/o

abdomen, front

dors/o

back, dorsum

coronal plane

split into front and back

coronal “front”

anterior, ventral

coronal “back”

posterior, dorsal

facedown

prone

lay on back

dorsal supine

posteroanterior

penetrates the patient’s posterior back and exits through anterior chest

-verse

travel, turn

super/o

above

infer/o

below

cephal/o

head

caud/o

tailbone

-ad

in the direction of, toward

transverse plane

horizontal plane that is divided into upper and lower segments

superior (transverse)

upper part

inferior (transverse)

lower part

cephalad

midline towards head

caudad

midline away from head

dist/o

away from the center or point of origin

proxim/o

near the center or point of origin

extern/o

outside

intern/o

inside

distal

moving towards toes/fingers

proximal

moving towards top of arm/leg

cav/o

hollow, space

crani/o

cranium, top part of skull

spin/o

backbone, spine

chondr/o

cartilage

lumb/o

lower back

umbilic/o

navel/umbilicus

inguin/o

groin

chron/o

time

communic/o

impart, transplant

congenit/o

before birth

eti/o

cause of disease

exacerb/o

increase, provoke

fract/o

bend, break up

gen/o

gene

gene/o

gene

gener/o

creation, production

gnos/o

knowledge

heredit/o

genetic inheritance

iatr/o

medical treatment, physician

idi/o

individual, unknown

infect/o

disease within

ne/o

new

nosocomi/o

hospital

nutrit/o

nourishment

path/o

disease

plast/o

formation, growth

prevent/o

prevent

recuper/o

recover

remiss/o

send back

surg/o

operative procedure

symptomat/o

collection of symptoms

termin/o

end

therapeut/o

therapy, treatment

pulmon/o

lung

vascul/o

blood vessel

hemat/o

blood

immun/o

immune response

lymph/o

lymphatic system

orth/o

straight

ped/o

child

skelet/o

skeleton

-ics

knowldege, practice

nerv/o

nerve

ur/o

urinary systems

nephr/o

kidney

product/o

produce

genit/o

genitalia

gynec/o

female/women

obstetr/o

pregnancy and childbirth

end/o

innermost, wihtin

crin/o

secrete

opthalm/o

eye

ot/o

ear

laryng/o

larynx, voice box

onc/o

mass, tumor

radi/o

forearm bone, radiation, x-rays

dent/o

tooth

ger/o

old age

iatr/o

medical treatment, physician

pharmac/o

drug, medicine

-eon

person who performs