Medical Terms

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering 153 medical prefixes, roots, combining forms, suffixes, and clinical abbreviations from the lecture study list.

An

not, without

Brady

slow

hyper

above normal

hypo

below

mono

one

peri

around

poly

many

sub

below

supra

above

tachy

fast

a

not, without

ab

away from, off

ad

toward, to

con

with, together

dys

painful, difficult

epi

above, upon

neo

new

sym

together, with

syn

together, with

trans

across

quadri

four

inter

between

intra

inside, within

macro

large, long

mal

bad, abnormal

micro

small

post

after, behind

retro

backward, behind

anti

against

auto

self

bio

living, related to life

endo

within

extra

outside

hemi

half

para

beside, near

Arteri/o

artery

brachi, brachio

arm

bronch/o, bronchi/o

bronchial tube

cardio

heart

cost/o

ribs

erythr/o

red

gloss/o

tounge

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

laryngo

larynx

leuk/o

white

or/o

mouth

phleb/o

vein

pneum/o

lung, air

thorac

chest

adeno

gland

arthr/o

joint

cry/o

cold

derm/a, derm/o, dermat/o

skin

hydr/o

water

my/o

muscle

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

rhin/o

nose

vas/o

vessel, duct

cyst/o

blader, fluid fil led sac

enter/o

intestines

esophag/o

esophagus

gluc/o

sugar

hepat/o

liver

lip/o

fat

lith/o

stone

nephr/o

kidney

pedia

child

psych

mind

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum

electr/o

electricity

neur/o

nerve

opthalm/o

eye

path/o

disease

centesis

surgical puncture that removes fluid

ectomy

excision or surgical removal

edema

swelling caused by excess fluid

emia

condition of the blood

gram

record or radiographic image

ia

condition

meter

instrument used to measure

oma

tumor or mass

ologist

specialist

otomy

incision or cut into

scopy

process of observing

gen

genesis, originating, or causing

itis

inflamation

osis

abnormal condition

ous

pertaining to

plasty

surgical repair

trophy

development

algia

pain

rrhea

flow or discharge

scopy

to observe

stomy

surgical opening

crine

secrete

ism

condition or process

megaly

enlargement or large

pathy

disease