word building

Poli/o

meaning gray

leuk/o

meaning white

melan/o

Meaning black

cyan/o

Meaning blue

Erythr/o

Meaning red

-cyte

meaning cell

-itis

Meaning inflammation

-osis

meaning abnormal condition

myel

meaning spinal cord and bone marrow

gastr/o

meaning stomach

enter

small intestine

-plasty

Surgical repair

neur/o

nerve

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

tonsill

meaning tonsill

-ectomy

surgical removal

Noun endings

a, um, y, e, us

crani

Meaning skull

path

disease

-algia

Meaning pain and suffering

-dynia

Meaning pain

-megaly

Meaning enlargement

-malacia

meaning abnormal softening

arteri/o

Meaning artery

Hepat/o

Meaning liver

-necrosis

meaning tissue death

-sclerosis

meaning abnormal hardening

-stenosis

abnormal narrowing

-centesis

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

abdomin/o

abdomin

-graphy

Process of producing a picture or record

angi/o

blood vessel

-gram

Picture or record

my/o

muscle

-scopy

Visual examination

arthr/o

joint

-rrhage

sudden bleeding

-rrhagia

sudden severe bleeding

hem/o

blood

ten/o

tendon

-rrhea

flow or discharge

dia-

through or across

nat

birth

natal

pertaining to birth

peri-

surrounding

pre-

before

post-

after

ab-

away from, negative, absent

ad-

towards, to, near

dextro-

right side

sinistro-

left side

ex-

out of, outside, away from

in-

in, into, not, without

macro-

large, abnormal size, long

micro-

small

mega-

large, great

megalo-

great, large

oligo-

small amount

dys-

bad, difficult, painful

eu-

good, normal, easy

hyper-

increased

hypertension

high blood pressure

hypo-

deficient, decreased

hypotension

low blood pressure

inter-

between, among

interstitial

in between parts

intra-

within, inside

sub-

below, less

super- supra-

above, excessive

cost/o

rib

-ology

study of

laryng

larnyx, throat

rhin/o

nose

ot/o

ear

ENT

ear, nose, throat

lith

stone

-otomy

surgical incision

edema

swelling caused by fluid

appendic

appendix

sign

evidence of disease

objective

sign can be evaluated by everyone

symptom

subjective evidence of a disease

subjective

symptom can be evaluated by patient only

diagnosis

identification of disease

differential diagnosis

attempt to determine which one of several diseases

prognosis

prediction of course and outcome of disease.

acute

Fast, severe, short condition

remission

temporary partial or complete disappearance of symptoms without cure

Ather/o

fatty deposit within walls of artery joint

-ostomy

surgical creatiion of artificial opening to body surface

fissure

narrow tear, crack, or groove

fistula

abnormal tunnel between organs

ileum

last and longest part of small intestine

ilium

part of hip bone

mening

meninges which protect brain and spinal cord

malaise

General discomfort indicating infection or disease

exudate

fluid that leaks out infected wound

erythema

redness

hyperthermia

heat

laceration

torn, jagged, accidental wound