Ch 1 Medical Terminology

bi/o

life

biology (study of life)

carcin/o

cancer

carcinoma (cancerous tumor)

cardi/o

heart

cardiac (pertaining to the heart)

chem/o

chemical

chemotherapy (treatment with chemicals)

cis/o

to cut

incision (process of cutting into)

dermat/o

skin

dermatology (study of the skin)

enter/o

small intestine

enteric (pertaining to the small intestine)

gastr/o

stomach

gastric (pertaining to the stomach)

gynec/o

female

gynecology (study of females)

hemat/o

blood

hematic (pertaining to the blood)

immun/o

protection

immunology (study of protection)

laryng/o

larynx

laryngeal (pertaining to the voice box)

nephr/o

kidney

nephromegaly (enlarged kidney)

neur/o

nerve

neural (pertaining to a nerve)

ophthaim/o

eye

ophthalmic (pertaining to the eye)

ot/o

ear

otic (pertaining to the ear)

path/o

disease

pathology (study of dease)

pulmon/o

lung

pulmonary (pertaining to the lungs)

rhin/o

nose

rhinoplasty (surgical repair of the nose)

a-

without

an-

without

anti-

against

auto-

self

brady-

slow

de-

without

dys-

painful; difficult; abnormal

endo-

within; inner

epi-

above

eu-

normal

ex-

outward

extra-

outside of

hetero-

different

homo-

same

huper-

excessive

hupo-

below; insufficient

in-

not; inward

inter-

between

intra-

within

macro-

large

micro-

small

neo-

new

para-

beside; abnormal; two like parts of a pair

per-

through

peri-

around

post-

after

pre-

before

pro-

before

pseudo-

false

re-

again

retro-

backward; behind

sub-

under

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

ultra-

beyon

un-

not

bi-

two

hemi-

half

mono-

one

multi-

many

nulli-

none

pan-

all

poly-

many

quadri-

four

semi-

partial

tetra-

four

tri-

three

\-algia

pain

\-cele

protrusion

\-cyte

cell

\-dynia

pain

\-ectasis

dilation

\-gen

that which produces

\-genic

producing

\-la

condition

\-iasis

abnormal condition

\-ism

state of

\-itis

inflammation

\-logist

one who studies

\-logy

study of

\-lytic

destruction

\-malacia

abnormal softening

\-megaly

enlarged

\-oma

tumor, mass

\-opsy

view of

\-osis

abnormal condition

\-pathy

disease

\-plasm

formation

\-plegia

paralysis

\-ptosis

drooping

\-rrhage

abnormal flow

\-rrhagia

abnormal flow condition

\-rrhea

discharge

\-rrhexis

rupture

\-sclerosis

hardening

\-stenosis

narrowing

\-therapy

treatment

\-trophy

development

\-ac

\-al

\-an

\-ar

\-ary

\-atic

\-eal

\-iac

\-ic

\-ical

\-ile

\-ine

\-ior

\-nic

\-ory

\-ose

\-ous

\-tic

pertaining to

\-centesis

puncture to withdraw fluid

\-ectomy

surgical removal