Medical Terms - Color Root Words, Common Suffixes and Prefixes

CEP Medical - Terms Part 2 (76 Items)

cyan/o

blue

eryth/o

red

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

poli/o

gray

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ia

pertaining to, condition especially an abnormal state

-iac

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ical

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-ose

pertaining to

-tic

pertaining to

-algia

pain, painful condition

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-cide

to kill, destroy

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

surgical removal of

-emia

blood, blood condition

-gram

record

-graph

an instrument used to record

-graphy

process of recording

-ion

condition

-ism

condition

-itis

inflammation

-litiasis

presence of stones, formation of stones

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition, abnormal disease

-otomy

surgical incision

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair, plastic repair

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing, respiration

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

-rrhea

drainage, flow, discharge

-rrhexis

rupturing

-scope

instrument used to view

-scopy

examination using a scope

-sis

action, process, state, condition

-stasis

stoppage, controlling, standing

-stomy

surgically create an artificial mouth or stoma (opening)

-kinematics

movement

a-

without, not, absence of

an-

without, not, absence of

anti-

against

auto

self

bi

two, double

brady-

slow

dys-

bad, difficult, painful, abnormal

epi-

over, above, upon

eu-

good, normal

hemi-

half

hyper-

above, excessive

hypo-

less, under

inter-

between

intra-

within

multi-

many, multiple

non-

not

peri-

around, surrounding

poly-

many, much

post-

after, behind

pre-

before, in front

pseudo-

false

quadri-

four

semi-

half

sub-

under, below

supra-

above, over

tachy-

fast

tri-

three