Hesi A2 vocab - root words medical (& prefixes and suffixes)

acoust, ot

ears

angi

vessel

arteri

arteries

arthr

joints

capill

capillaries

carcin

cancer

card, cardi

heart

chondr

cartilage

col

large intestines

cutane, dermat, derm

skin

cyto

skin

enceph

brain

enter

small intestine

fasci

fascia

gastr

stomach

hem, hemat

blood

hepat

liver

hidr

sweat glands

malign

harmful

mort

death

myel

spinal cord, bone marrow

my

muscles

nas, rhin

nose

nat

birth, born

nephr, ren

kidneys

neur

nerves

ocul, ophthalm

eyes

or

mouth

ostes, oss, ost

bones

path

disease

phleb, ven

veins

pil

hair

pneum, pneumon

lungs

ten, tend, tendin

tendons

a-, an-

without

ab-

from, away

ad-

toward

ana-

up

ante-

before

append-

to hang

bi-, bin-

two

brady-

slow

contra-

against

di-

two

dis-

undo or free from

dys-

difficult

ecto-, exo-, extra-

outside

epi-

above or surrounding

endo-

within

erythr-

red

glyc-

sweet

hypo-

below

hyper-

above

infra-

under, below

intra-

inside

inter-

between

iso-

equal

macro-

large

mal-

bad

meso-

middle

meta-

after

micro-

small

mono-

one

multi-

many

neo-

new

para-

beside

peri-

surrounding

poly-

many

post-

after

pre-

before

re-

back

retro-

behind or back

semi-

half

sub-

under

super-

above or over

syn-

together or joined

tachy-

fastt

tri-

three

ultra-

beyond, excess

uni-

one

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-ase

enzyme

-centesis

surgucal puncture

-clast

broken

-crit

to seperate

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision

-emia

blood condition

-emis

vomiting

-gen -genesis, -genic

causing, producing

-gram

written

-ia

condition of, diseased or abnormal statei

ac, ic, ior

pertaining to

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation of

-ist

one who specializes in

-logy

study of

-lyte

dissolvable

-lytic

destroy, reduce