AHP Ch. 1.1-1.2

medic/o-

medic/o-

medicine

langu/o-

words

termin/o-

boundary; end; word

communic/o-

impart; transmit

etym/o-

word origin

abdomin/o-

abdomen

arteri/o-

artery

intestin/o-

intestine

muscul/o-

muscle

thyroid/o-

thyroid gland

tonsill/o-

tonsil

ven/o-

vein

arthr/o-

joint

cardi/o-

heart

dermat/o-

skin

gastr/o-

stomach

mamm/o-

breast

nas/o-

nose

cost/o-

rib

cyan/o-

blue

enter/o-

intestine

hepat/o-

liver

lapar/o-

abdomen

leuk/o-

white

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ine

pertaining to

-ive

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-ation

being; having; process

-ion

action; condition

-ia

condition; state; thing

-ism

disease from a specific cause; process

-itis

infection of; inflammation of

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

mass; tumor

-osis

abnormal condition; process

-pathy

disease

-ectomy

surgical removal

-gram

picture; record

-graphy

process of recording

-logy

study of

-metry

process of measuring

-scope

instrument used to examine

-scopy

process of using an instrument to examine

-tomy

process of making an incision

-iatry

medical treatment

-ics

knowledge; practice

-ist

person who specializes in; thing that specializes in

epi-

above; upon

inter-

between

intra-

within

peri-

around

post-

after; behind

pre-

before; in front of

sub-

below; underneath; less than

trans-

across; through

bi-

two

brady-

slow

hemi-

one half

hyper-

above; more than normal

hypo-

below; deficient

poly-

many; much

quadri-

four

tachy-

fast

tri-

three

an-

not; without

anti-

against

dys-

abnormal; difficult; painful

re-

again and again; backward; unable to

bi/o-

living organisms; living tissue

card/o-

heart

colon/o-

colon

cutane/o-

skin

densit/o-

density

derm/o-

skin

digest/o-

break down food; digest

esthes/o-

feeling; sensation

gemin/o-

group; set

integument/o-

skin

later/o-

side

muscul/o-

muscle

nat/o-

birth

nerv/o-

nerve

neur/o-

nerve

obstetr/o-

pregnancy and childbirth

pelv/o-

pelvis (hip bone; renal pelvis)

phag/o-

eating; swallowing

pleg/o-

paralysis

pneumon/o-

air; lung

psych/o-

mind

spir/o-

breathe; coil

tens/o-

pressure; tension

therap/o-

treatment

urin/o-

urine; urinary system

uter/o-

uterus; womb

vagin/o-

vagina