Dean Vaughn Medical Terminology Suffix, Prefix, Root

Heart

cardi/o

Enlarged

megal-

Skin

dermat/o

Brain

cerebr/o

Disease

path/o

Surgical Removal

-ectomy

Intestines

enter/o

Any Condition

-osis

Cut into

-otomy

Gland

aden/o

Vessel

angi/o

Tumor

-oma

Kidney

nephr/o

Liver

hepat/o

Joint

arthr/o

Eye lid

blephar/o

Specialist

-ologist

Nose

rhin/o

Gums

gingiv/o

Soft

-malacia

Involuntary Contraction

spasm

Stomach

gastr-

Inflammation

\-itis

Study of

\-ology

Surgical repair

plast-

Pain

\-algia

Skull

crani-

Inside/within

end-

Half

hemi-

Like

\-oid

Above, more than normal

hyper-

Sac containing fluid

cyst/o

Bile

chole-

Under, below than normal

hypo-

Observe

\-scop-

Uterus

hyster/o

Create an opening

\-ostomy

Beside, beyond

para-

loosening destruction

\-lysis

Neck

cervic/o

Cartilage

chondr/o

Blue

cyan-

Blood

hem/o

Bone

ost/o

Mind

pyscho-

Fat

lip/o

Muscle

my/o

Stone

lith/o

Eye

ophthalm/o

Anus

proct/o

Ribs

cost-

Record

\-gram

Extremities

acro-

Break/burst

rhexis

Cancer

carcin

Decreased

\-penia

Original, production

gen-

Sac

burso-

Backwards

retro-

Rub, Friction

trip-

Twist

strept-

Binding

\-desis

Madness

mani-

Tongue

glosso-

Development

\-trophy

Above

supra-

Falling

\-ptosis

Pain

\-dyn

Breast

mast-

Suture

\-rrhaphy

Teeth

dent-

Head

cephal-

Self

auto-

Upon

epi-

Water

hydro-