Medical Terminology

cardi/o

heart

arthr/o

joint

gastr/o

stomach

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer

chem/o

chemical

cis/o

to cut

dermat/o

skin

enter/o

small intestine

gynec/o

female

hemat/o

blood

immun/o

immune

laryng/o

voice box

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

opthalm/o

eye

ot/o

ear

path/o

disease

pulmon/o

lung

rhin/o

nose

sub-

below

mono-

one

post-

after

intra-

within

hyper-

excessive

multi-

many

a-

without, away from

an-

without

anti-

against

auto-

self

Brady-

slow

de-

without

macro-

large

micro-

small

neo-

new

para-

beside, abnormal

per-

through

dys-

painful

endo-

within, inner

epi-

upon, over

ev-

normal

ex-

out, external

extra-

outside of

hetero-

different

homo-

same

hypo-

under

in-

inward, not

inter-

between, among

peri-

around

post-

after

pre-

before

pro-

before

pseudo-

false

re-

again

retro-

behind

sub-

below

tacky-

fast

trans-

through

ultra-

beyond, excess

un-

not

bi-

two

hemi-

half

mono-

one

nulli-

none

pan-

all

poly-

many

quadri-

four

semi-

partial

tetra-

four

tri-

three

-algia

pain

-itis

inflammation

-ectomy

surgical removal

-logy

study of

-sclerosis

hardening

-cyte

cell

-cele

hernia

-dynia

pain

-ectasis

dilation

-gen

that which produces

-genic

producing

-la

state/condition

-lasis

abnormal condition

-ism

state of

-rrhexis

rupture

-therapy

treatment

-logist

one who studies

-lytic

destruction

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor

-opsy

view of

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-plasm

development

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage

excessive

-rrhagia

abnormal flow condition

-rrhea

discharge