Medical Terminology

-Algia

Pain, painful condition

-stenosis

the abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body

-dynia

pain

dys-

bad, difficult, painful

post

after, behind

hyper-

excessive, increased

Hypo-

deficient, decreased

-itis

inflammation

-otomy

cutting, surgical incision

cardi

pertaining to the heart

-rrhage

bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

hem/o

blood

-rraphy

surgical suturing

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening (think concrete)

cyan/o-

blue

erythr/o-

red

leuk/o-

white

melan/o-

black

gastr/o-

stomach

-ology

study of

path-

disease

neur/o-

nerve

-plasty

surgical repair

-ectomy

surgical removal of

-megaly

enlargement

hepat/o-

liver

pre-

before, in front of

eu-

good, normal, well, or easy

peri-

surrounding, around

ab-

away from, negative

ad-

toward, to in the direction of

arteri/o

artery

Inter-

between, among

Intra-

within, inside

sub-

under, less, below

supra-/super-

above, upper, excessive, higher than

-graphy

the process of producing a picture or record

my/o

muscle

angi/o

blood vessel

arthr/o

joint

-gram

a picture or record

-scopy

visual exam

-ologist

specialist

-cyte

cell

-emesis

vomiting

-meter

instrument for measuring

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-scope

instrument for visual examination

-stomy

surgical opening

a-, an-

without

epi-

upon

or/o

mouth, oral cavity

pneum/o

lung, air

thorac/o

chest

spir/o, -pnea

to breathe

aer/o

air

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

-spasm

involuntary contraction

thromb/o

blood clot

phleb/o

vein

sphygm/o

heartbeat, pulse

anti-

against, opposite

tri-

three

adip/o, lip/o

fat

derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o

skin

hist/o

tissue

hom/o

same, like, alike

heter/o

different

carcin/o

cancer

dia-

through, across

nephr/o, ren/o

kidney

ureter/o

ureter (tube from kidney to bladder)

urethr/o

urethra (tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body)

-uria, ur/o

urine

noct/o

night

-tripsy

surgical crushing

cervic/o-

neck, cervix

hyster/o

uterus, womb

mamm/o, mast/o

breast

anter/o

anterior, front

cephal/o

head

orchi/o

testes

oophor/o

ovaries

poster/o

back, posterior

hemi-

half

-plegia

paralysis, stroke

cost/o

rib

dist/o

away from

proxim/o

near

acous/o, audi/o

hearing, sound