Common Medical Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes for EMTs

A complete set of vocabulary flashcards covering common roots, prefixes, and suffixes essential for EMT students as presented in the lecture notes.

Cardio

Heart

Cerebro/encephalo

Brain

Cranio

skull

Cyst

Bladder

Gastro

Stomach

Haem

Blood

Hepato

Liver

Laparo

Abdominal

Myo

Muscle

Nephro

Kidney

Neuro

Nerves

Osteo

Bones

Pneumo

Lungs

Spleno

Spleen

Thoraco

Rib cage

Thrombo

Blood Clot

Vaso

Vein

A/an

Without

Brady

Slow

Cardi/o

Pertaining to the heart

Cerebro

Pertaining to the brain

Contra

Against

Distal

Away from body

Dys

Bad, defective, difficult, abnormal

Endo

Inside or within

Eu

Good, well, true

Exo/Extra

Outside

Hyper

Greater then normal

Hypo

Less or below normal

Intra

Inside

Macro

Large

Megalo

Enlarged

Neo

New

Normo

Normal

Peri

Surronding

Proximal

Close to body

Supra

In excess, above

Tachy

Abnormally fast

Aemia

Blood condition

Asthenia

Weakness

Ectomy

Removal of

Gram

Record a picture

Graph

Instrument used to gather data

Graphy

Process of recording

Itis

Inflammation of

Ologist

Specialist

Ology

Study of

Lysis

Destruction of

Megaly

Enlarged

Osis

Condition or disease

Pathy

Disease

Plegia

paralysis

Scopy

Viewing

Stomy

Create an opening