Medical Terms 1

cyano

blue

erythr/o

red

cyte

cell

melan/o

black

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

appendic/o

appendix

nuer/o

nerve

-plasty

surgical repair

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

ather/o

plaque or fatty substance

cari/o

heart

chondr/o

cartilage

col/o

colon

-dynia

pain

dys

difficult

-ectomy

surgical removal

enter/o

small intestine

gastr/o

stomach

-graphy

recording

hem/o

blood

hypo

below

hyper

above, excessive

-ic

pertaining to

-itis

inflammation

laryng/o

larynx

-malacia

softening

-megaly

large

myc/o

fungus

myel/o

spinal cord or bone marrow

myo

muscle

-necrosis

tiissue death

-nephro

kidney

-ologist

specialist

-ology

study of

-osis

disease or abnormal condition

-oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

-otomy

surgical incision

-pathy

disease

peri

surrounding

-plasty

surgical repair

py/o

pus

rhin/o

nose

rrhage

excessive flow

-rraphy

suture or stitch

-rrhea

drainage or flow

-rrhexis

rupture

slcerosis

hardening

-scopy

visual examination

-stenosis

narrowing

sub

under, below

supra

above, excessive