Lesson 3: Anatomy, Physiology, & Medical Terminology

albin/o

white

bi/o

life

cry/o

cold

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

derm/o

dermat/o

skin

diaphor/o

profuse sweating

electr/o

electricity

ichthy/o

scaly

kerat/o

hard

lip/o

fat

melan/o

black

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

pil/o

hair

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

seb/o

oil

ungu/o

nail

xer/o

dry

prefix

begins a word

bridge

the combining vowel that connects the root to the suffix

suffix

ends a word

Hypertrophy

Over (hyper-) development (-trophy)

Analgia

Without (ana-) pain (-algia)

Symptomatic suffix

A medical suffix that refers to symptoms or evidence of an illness.

Procedural suffix

A medical suffix that refers to surgical or operative procedures.

Diagnostic suffix

A medical suffix that refers to the illnesses themselves.

-algia

pain

-ectomy

removal

-emia

blood

gastralgia

stomach pain

-cele

hernia, protrusion

-cise

cut

cytocele

protrusion of the bladder

excise

to cut out

-cyte

cell

erythrocyte

red cell

-dynia

pain

cardiodynia

heart pain

-ectasis

dilation

bronchiectasis

dilated bronchi

-gen

that which produces

mutagen

that which produces mutations

-genesis

produces, generates

osteogenesis

bone formation

-genic

produces, produced by

carcinogenic

producing cancer

-ia

state, condition

hemiplegia

condition of being half paralyzed

-iasis

abnormal condition

-ism

state of

-itis

inflammation

-logist

one who studies

-logy

study of

lithiasis

abnormal condition of stones

hypothyroidism

state of low thyroid

cellulitis

inflammation of cells

cardiologist

one who studies the heart

cardiology

study of the heart

-lysis

destruction

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlargement, large

-oma

tumor, mass

-osis

abnormal condition

osteolysis

bone destruction

chondromalacia

abnormal cartilage softening

cardiomegaly

enlarged heart

carcinoma

cancerous tumor

cyanosis

abnormal condition of being blue

-pathy

disease

myopathy

muscle disease

-plasia

development, growth

dysplasia

abnormal development

-phasm

formation, development

neoplasm

new formation

-ptosis

drooping

proctoptosis

drooping rectum

-rrhage

excessive, abnormal flow

hemorrhage

excessive bleeding

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-stenosis

narrowing

-therapy

treatment

rhinorrhea

discharge from the nose

hysterorrhexis

ruptured uterus

arterioscelerosis

hardening of an artery

angiostenosis

narrowing of a vessel

chemotherapy

treatment with chemicals

-trophy

nourishment, development

hypertrophy

excessive development

a-

without, away from

an-

without

ante-

before, in front of

anti-

against

auto-

self

aphasia

without speech

anoxia

without oxygen

antepartum

before birth