Nursing medical Terminology

a, an

absent

ab

away

ad

toward

angio

blood vessel

ante

before

arterio

artery

aut, auto

self

bi

two

brady

slow

cephalo

head

chondro

cartilage

circum

around

cirrho

yellow

co, con,

with, together

costo

rib

cyan

blue

di

two, twice

dis

away, separate

dys

difficult

ex

away from

ect, ecto

outer, outside

endo

within, inside

epi

on, over

erythro

red

eu

normal, well

extra

outside of

glyco

sugar

hemato, hemo

blood

hemi

half

hydro

water

hyper

beyond, increased

hypo

beneath, below

ileo

ileum

intra

within

leuko

white

lipo

fat

macro

large

mal

bad

mega

large

melano

black

micro

small

mono

one

multi

many

myo

muscle

osteo

bone

pan

all, entire

para, par

beside, near

peri

around

phago

eat

phlebo

vein

poly

many

post

after

pre

before

psuedo

false

pyro

fever

pyo

pus

retro

behind

semi

half

spleno

spleen

spondyl

spinal chord

sub

below

super, supra

above

sym, syn

together

tachy

fast

tetra

four

trans

across

un

against

infra

below

inter

between

vaso

blood vessel

veno

vein

uni

one

algia

pain

ate, ize

use, subject to

cele

tumor, protrusion

centesis

puncture to remove fluid

cide

killing, destructive

cle, cule

small

cyte

cell

desis

surgical fixation

dynia

pain

ectomy

removal

emia

blood

form, oid

resembling of

gram, graph

written record

iasis

presence of

ible, ile

capable

itis

inflammation

lysis

disintegration

malacia

softening

megaly

enlargement

oma

tumor

orrhaphy

repair of

osis

abnormal condition

ostomy

formed opening

otomy

to incise

oxia

oxygen

pathy

disease

penia

deficiency of

pexy, pexis

fixation