Med Terminology

adip/o, lip/o, steat/o

fat

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

axill/o

armpit

blephar/o

eyelid

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o, encephal/o

cerebrum, brain

cervic/o

neck

lapar/o

abdominal wall

laryng/o

voice box, larynx

myel/o

spinal cord

my/o, muscul/o

muscle

nas/o, rhin/o

nose

neur/o

nerve

ophthalm/o, ocul/o

eye

or/o, stomat/o

mouth

oste/o

bone

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

ot/o

ear

col/o

large intestine

pancreat/o

pancreas

cost/o

rib

pharyng/o

throat

crani/o

skull

pneum/o, pneumon/o

lung

cyst/o

urinary bladder

ren/o, nephr/o

kidneys

cyt/o

cell

splen/o

spleen

derm/o, dermat/o

skin

thorac/o

chest

enter/o

small intestine

thyroid/o

thyroid gland

esophag/o

esophagus

trache/o

windpipe, trachea

gastr/o

stomach

ven/o, phleb/o

vein

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

vertebr/o

vertebra

hepat/o

liver

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

poli/o

gray

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ia, -iac, -ic, -ical, -ose, -ous, -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

-ia

condition, especially an abnormal state

-ion

condition

-ism

condition

-itis

inflammation of

-lithiasis

presence of or formation of stones

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition or disease

-otomy

surgical incision

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical or plastic repair

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing, respiration

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

-rrhea

drainage, flow, discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-scope

instrument used to view

-scopy

examination using a scope

-sis

action, process, state, condition

-stomy

surgically create an artificial mouth or stoma (opening)

-stasis

stoppage, controlling, standing

-stomy

surgically create an artificial mouth or stoma (opening)

a-/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 than, under

inter-

between

intra-

within

multi-

many

non-

not

peri-

around, surrounding

poly-

many, much

post-

after, behind

pre-

before, in front

pseudo-

false