Medical Terminology Exam 1

the essential meaning of the term

root

word ending

Suffix

a syllable or word that comes before a root word to change its meaning

Prefix

connects roots to suffixes and roots to other roots

Combining Vowel

combination of the root and the combining vowel

Combing Form

Names derived from a person's name

Eponym

Letters or shortened words

Abbreviation

Names derived from the first letter of a series of words

Acronym

is becomes

es

um becomes

a

us becomes

i

a becomes

ae

ix becomes

ices

ex becomes

ices

ax becomes

aces

ma becomes

s or mata

on becomes

a

nx becomes

nges

one

mono-, uni-

two

bi-, di-

three

tri-

four

quad-, quadri-, tetra-

Hundred

Centi-

Hundredth

Centi-

Thousandth

Milli-

Double

Diplo-

Half

Hemi-, semi-

Partly

Semi-

Excessive

Hyper-

Beneath

Hypo-

Many

Multi-, Poly-

None

Nulli-

All

Pan-

First

Primi-

Excessive

Super-, Ultra-

Away from

Ab-

Towards

Ad-

Before

Ante-, Pre-, Pro-

Around

Circum-, Peri-

Through

Dia-

Out, Without, Away from

Ecto-, Ex-, Exo-, Extra-

Inside

En-, End-, Endo-, In-

Above, on

Epi-

Beneath, Under

Hypo-, Infra-, Sub-

Subcutaneous injection

In the subcutaneous tissue (layer between skin and muscle)

Intramuscular Injection

Into the muscle

Intradermal Injection

Into the skin

Intravenous Injection

Into the vein

Ipsilateral

pain on side of force

Contralateral

Pain on opposite side of force

Between

Inter-

Within

Intra-

Middle

Meso-, Mid-

Near, beside, abnormal

Para-

Through, by

Per-

After, behind

Post-

Behind, backwards

Retro-

Above, beyond

Super-, Supra-

Joined, together

Sym-, Syn-

Across

Trans-

After

Post-

Large, great

Macro-, Mega-, Megalo-

Small

Micro-

No, not, without

A-, An-

Not, inside

In-

Against

Anti-, Contra-

Bad, difficult

Dys-

Good, normal

Eu-

Favoring, supporting

Pro-

Slow

Brady-

Fast

Tachy-

Bad

Dys-, Mal-

One who

-er, -ist

Practitioner

-iatrician

Medical profession or treatment

-iatrics, -iatry

One who studies/ specializes

-logist

Study or science of

-logy

Pertaining to the study of

-logic, -logical

Pertaining to

-ac, -al, -ic, -ical

Heart

Cardi/o

To secrete

Crin/o

Skin

Dermat/o

Sensation

Esthesi/o

Stomach

Gastr/o, Enter/o

Elderly

Gen/a, Ger/o, Geront/o

Female

Gynec/o

Immune

Immun/o

Nerve

Neur/o

Midwife

Obstetr/o

Tumor

Onc/o

Eye

Opthalm/o

Straight

Orth/o

Child

Ped/o

Ear

Ot/o

Larynx

Laryng/o

Disease

Path/o

New

Ne/o

Birth

Nat/o

Foot

Ped/o

Mind

Psych/o