Medical terms 1-14

cardi

heart

megal

enlarged

itis

inflamation

dermat

skin

cerebr

brain

path

disease

-ectomy

surgical removal

enter

intestine, usually small

-osis

condition

-otomy

cut into

aden

gland

angi

vessel (usually blood)

-oma

tumor

nepher

kidney

hepat

liver

arthr

joint

blephr

eyelid

-ologist

specialist

rhin

nose

gingiv

gum

-malacia

soft condition

-ology

study of

spasm

involuntary contraction

-algia

pain, painful condition

plast

surgical repair or plastic repair

crani

skull

end

inside, within

hemi

half

-oid

resembling, like

hyper

above, more than normal

cyst

sac containing fluid

chole

bile

hypo

under, below, deficient

scop

look, observe

hyster

uterus, womb

-ostomy

create an opening

para

beside, beyond

-lysis

loosening, destruction

cervic

neck

chondr

cartilage

cyan

blue

hem(at)

blood

ost

bone

psycho

mind

lip

fat

my

muscle

lith

stone

ophthalm, opt

eye

proct

anus

gastr

stomach

cost

rib

-gram

record, writing

acro

extremities

rhexis

break, burst

carcin

cancer

-penia

decrease

gen

original, production

burso

sac

retr(o)

backward

trip

rub, friction

Strept

twist

-desis

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

mani

madness, mental disturbance

glosso

tongue

-trophy

development, growth

supra

above, over

-ptosis

falling, drooping

dyn

pain

mast

breast

-rrhaphy

suture

dent

teeth

cephal

head

auto

self

epi

upon, in addition to

hydro

water

lobo

section

-emesis

vomiting

contra

against

iasis

condition, formation of, presence of

trans

through, across, beyond

brady

slow

-ectasis

expansion

cyt

cell

odont

tooth

leuk

white

-esthesia

sensation, feeling

cantho

angle at the end of the eyelid

sten

narrow, contracted

cheil

lip

-cele

hernia, tumor, swelling

benign

mild, not cancerous

semen

seed

celio

abdomen

erythro

red

vaso

vessel

melan

black

cauda

tail

lingua

tongue

myring

eardrum

spondyl

spinal column or vertebra