medical terminology

all prefixes, suffixes, roots at end of chapters

arthr/o

joint

cardi/o

heart

enter/o

small intestine, instestines

gastr/o

stomach

hepat/o

liver

neur/o

nerve

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

my/o

muscle

muscul/o

muscle

angi/o

vessel

vas/o

vessel

vascul/o

vessel

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

cutane/o

skin

pulmon/o

lung

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-tic

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-iatrics

medical science

-iatrist

specialist in medicine of

-ist

specialist

-logist

specialist in the study of

-logy

study of

-algia

pain

-dynia

pain

-cele

hernia (bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn't belong)

-emia

blood condition

-iasis

presence of

-itis

inflammation

-lysis

loosen, break down

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage

excessive flow

-rrhagia

excessive flow

-rrhea

flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-centesis

puncture

-gram

written record

-graph

instrument used to produce a record

-graphy

writing procedure

-meter

instrument used to measure

-metry

process of measuring

-scope

instrument used to look

-scopy

process of looking

-desis

binding, fixation

-ectomy

removal

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

reconstruction

-rraphy

suture

-stomy

creating of an opening

-tomy

incision

a-

not

an-

not

anti-

against

contra-

against

de-

down, away from

ante-

before

pre-

before

pro-

before, on behalf of

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

post-

after

re-

again

ab-

away

ad-

toward

circum-

around

peri-

around

dia-

through

trans-

through

e-

out

ec-

out

ex-

out

ecto-

outside

exo-

outside

extra-

outside

en-

in, inside

endo-

in, inside

intra-

in, inside

epi-

upon

sub-

beneath

inter-

between

adip/o

fat

alb/o

white

crypt/o

hidden

erythr/o

red

hidr/o

sweat