Med Term 4

cardi(o)

heart

crin(o)

secrete

dermat(o), cutane(o)

skin

esthesi(o)

sensation

gastr(o), enter(o)

stomach, intestines

ger(a), ger(o), geront(o)

elderly

gynec(o)

female

immun(o)

immune

ne(o), nat(o)

new, birth

neur(o)

nerve

obstetr(o)

midwife

onc(o)

tumor

ophthalm(o)

eye

orth(o)

straight

ot(o)

ear

laryng(o)

larynx

path(o), nos(o)

disease

ped(o)

child

psych(o)

mind

radi(o)

radiant energy, radiation

rheumat(o)

rheumatism

rhin(o)

nose

ur(o)

urinary tract, urine

Plural form of bulla

bullae

Singular form of enchondromata

enchondroma

Suffices of a specialist (3)

-logist, -ist, -iatrician

Suffices of specialties (4)

-ics, -logy, -iatrics, -iatry

aut(o)

self

bi(o)

living, life

dipl(o)

double

gen(o)

beginning or origin

iatr(o)

physician or treatment

idi(o)

individual

-cidal

killing

-emia

condition of the blood

-gen

that which generates

-genesis

producing

-genic

produced by or in

seps(o), sept(o)

infections

bacter(i)

bacteria

fung(i), myc(o)

fungus

staphyl(o)

grape-like cluster; uvula

strept(o)

twisted

aden(o)

gland

angi(o)

vessel

append(o)

appendix

blephar(o)

eyelid

cephal(o)

head

cerebr(o), encephal(o)

brain

chir(o)

hand

col(o)

colon or LI

hist(o)

tissue

mamm(o), mast(o)

breast

muscul(o)

muscle

nephr(o), ren(o)

kidney

or(o), stomat(o)

mouth

steth(o)

thorax

lith(o)

stone or calculus

-cele

hernia

-mania

excessive preoccupation

-oma

tumor

-ptosis

prolapse (sagging)

hem(o), hemat(o)

blood

lact(o)

milk

pyr(o)

fire

-eum, -ium

membrane

-opia

vision

-ous

pertaining to or characterized by

cyt(o)

cell

kinesi(o)

movement

leps(o)

seizure

log(o)

knowledge or words

lys(o)

destruction, dissolving

metr(o)

measure; uterine lining

phas(o)

speech

plas(o)

formation, development

plast(o)

repair

pleg(o)

paralysis

schis(o), schiz(o), schist(o)

split, cleft

scler(o)

hard

troph(o)

nutrition

alb(o)

white

chlor(o)

green

cyan(o)

blue

erythr(o)

red

melan(o)

black

xanth(o)

yellow

-algia, -dynia

pain

-ectasia, ectasis

dilation or stretching

-edema

swelling

-emesis

vomiting

-malacia

softening

-oid

resembling

-rrhage

excessive flow

-rrhea

discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-stasis

controlling

ech(o), son(o)

sound

fluor(o)

emitting or reflecting light

tom(o)

to cut