"Sorry but you have to memorize them"

3 parts of a medical term

prefix - root - suffix

a or an

without, none

anencephaly

-aemia

condition of blood

leukemia

-ectomy

to cut out

-gram

the image-

-graphy or -graph

recording an image

-itis

inflammation

macro

large

mega or megaly

enlarged

micro

small

-ology or -ologist

to study or specialize in

-oma

tumour-

-osis

abnormal condition

-ostomy or -tomy

to make a mouth

colostomy

-otomy

to cut into

tracheotomy

-pathy

disease

neuropathy

-scopy or -scopic

to look or observe

colonoscopy

root word: blast

germ or immature cell

retinoblastoma

root word: cardio

heart

root word: colo

large intestine

root word: cysto

bladder

root word: ctyo

cell

root word: dento

teeth

root word: dermo

skin

root word: encephalo

brain

root word: entero

intestine

root word: gastro

stomach

root word: gingivo

gums

root word: glosso or linguo

tongue

root word: hemo or emia

blood

root word: hepato

liver

root word: histio

tissue

root word: hysteron or metro

uterus

hysterectomy, endometriosis

root word: malign

bad or harmful

root word: masto or mammo

breast

root word: nephro or rene

kidney

root word: onco

mass or tumor

root word: oophoro

ovary

root word: orchid

testes

root word: osteo

bones

root word: paed or ped

childroot word:

root word: phlebo of veno

veins

root word: pneuno or pulmo

lung

root word: procto

anus or rectum

root word: rhino

nose

root word: salpingo

uterine tubes

root word: sarco

connective tissue

root word: stomato

mouth

root word: toxo

poison

color: cyan or cyano

blue

color: leuk or leuko

white

color: melan or melano

black

color: xanth or xantho

yellow

ab

away from

ad

near, toward

ante

before

bi

two or both

circum

around

ecto

outside

endo

within or inside

epi

upon or on top

inter

between

intra

within

para

beside, about, near

peri

around

retro

behind

sub

below

syn

together wwith

trans

through

angi or angio

vessel

brady

slow

bradycardia

-cyte

cell

hem, hemo, or -emia

blood-

-penia

deficiency

-stasis

to stop

tachy

fast

thromb

clot or clump

veno or phlebo

vein

astro

star shaped

-cele

hernia or abnormal protrusion

cephal or cephalo

head

crani

skulld

dys

difficult, painful, or abnormal

encephala/o

inside the head

mening(o)

membranes around brain and cord

myel(o)

spinal cord

neur(o)

nerve

-pathy

disease or abnormality

-plasia

development, formation, growth

-plegia

paralysis

ventriculo

cavity

-centesis

to puncture

chol(e)

gall or bile

cyst(o)

bladder or sac

emes(o)

vomit

gast(ro)

stomach

hepat(o)

liver

-iasis

abnormal

lapar(o)

abdominal wall

lith(o)

stone

cholelithotomy