medical terminology

abdomin/o

abdomen

acr/o

extremities, top, extreme point

acu/o

sharp, severe, sudden

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

amni/o

amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

angi/o

vessel

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

axill/o

armpit

bi/o

life

blephar/o

eyelid

bronch/o

bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

chem/o

drug, chemical

chrondr/o

cartilage

chron/o

time

col/o

colon (large intestine)

cyst/o

urinary bladder

encephal/o

brain

erhyrhr/o

red

hem/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hyrd/o

water, fluid

inguin/o

groin

isch/o

to hold back

lapar/o

abdomen, abdominal wall

laryng/o

larynx

leuk/o

white

lymph/o

lymph

mamm/o

breast

mast/o

breast

morph/o

shape, form

muc/o

mucus

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord; bone marrow

necr/o

death (of cells or whole body)

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

neutr/o

neutrophil (a white blood cell)

nucel/o

nucleus

ophthalm/o

eye

opi/o

opium

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

path/o

disease

peritone/o

peritoneum

phag/o

to eat, swallow

phleb/o

vein

plas/o

formation, development

pleur/o

pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)

pneumon/o

lungs

pulmon/o

lungs

radi/o

x-rays

rect/o

rectum

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh

splen/o

spleen

staphyl/o

clusters

strept/o

twisted chains

thorac/o

chest

thromb/o

clot

tonsill/o

tonsils

trache/o

trachea (windpipe)

ven/o

vein

algia

pain

cele

hernia

centesis

puncture to remove fluid

coccus (cocci)

berry-shaped bacterium

cyte

cell

dynia

pain

ectomy

excision, removal, resection

emia

blood condition

er

one who

genesis

condition of producing, forming

gram

record

graph

instrument for recording

graphy

process of recording

ia

condition

ist

specialist

itis

inflammation

logy

study of

lysis

breakdown, destruction, separation

malacia

softening

megaly

enlargement

ole

little, small

oma

tumor, mass, collection of fluid

opsy

to view

osis

condition, usually abnormal

pathy

disease condition

penia

deficiency

phobia

fear

plasia

development, formation, growth

plasty

surgical repair

ptosis

drooping, falling, prolapse

rrhea

flow, discharge

sclerosis

hardening

scope

instrument for visual examination