Med Term - Ch 1

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

arthr/o

joint

cardi/o

heart

enter/o

small intestine

gastr/o

stomach

hepat/o

liver

neur/o

nerve

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

my/o, muscul/o

muscle

angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o

vessel

derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o

skin

pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o

lung

gen/o

creation, cause

hydr/o

water

morph/o

change

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

orth/o

straight

path/o

suffering, disease

phag/o

eat

plas/o

formation

py/o

pus

scler/o

hard

sten/o

narrowing

troph/o

nourishment, development

xen/o

foreign

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -tic, -ous

pertaining to

-ia, -ism, -osis

condition

-ium

tissue, structure

-y

condition, procedure

-icle, -ole, -ule, -ula

small

-iatrics, -iatry

medical science

-iatrist

specialist in medicine of

-ist

specialist

-logist

specialist in the study of

-logy

study of

-algia, -dynia

pain

-cele

hernia (a 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

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage, -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

-rrhaphy

suture

-stomy

creation of an opening

-tomy

incision

-emesis

vomiting

-gen, -genesis, -genic

producing, forming

-stasis

stopping, controlling

-trophy

nourishment, development

a-

not

hyper-

excessive, above normal

-indicated

something which is done for the patient

-dote

to give

an-

not, without

anti-, contra-

against

de-

down, away from

ante-, pre-, pro-

before

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

post-

after

re-

again

ab-

away

ad-

toward

circum-, peri-

around

dia-, trans-

through

e-, ec-, ex-

out

ecto-, exo-, extra-

outside

en-, endo-, intra-

in, inside

epi-

upon

sub-

beneath

inter-

between

bi-

two

hemi-, semi-

half

hyper-

over

hypo-

under

macro-

large

micro-

small

mono-, uni-

one