Medical Terminology (HOSA)

Pain

-algia

Dys-

Bad, difficult, painful

-ectomy

Surgical removal, cutting out

Hyper-

Excessive, increased

Hypo-

Deficient, decreased

-itis

Inflammation

-osis

Abnormal condition, disease

-ostomy

The surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

-otomy

Cutting, surgical incision

-plasty

Surgical repair

-rrhage
-rrhagia

Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

-rrhaphy

Surgical suturing

-rrhea

Flow or discharge

Rrhexis

Rupture

-Sclerosis

Abnormal hardening

Gastr/o

Stomachc

Myel/o

Spinal cord

Oset/o

Bone

My/o

Muscular

Neur/o

Nerve

Arthr/o

Joint

Enter/o

Small intestine

Crani

Skull

-um
-a
-e
-us
-y

Noun ending

Tonsill

Tonsils

Poli/o

Grey

Melan/o

Black

Leuk/o

White

Erythr/o

Red

Cyan/o

Blue

-Cyte

Cell

-ac
-al
-an
-ar
-ary
-Eal
-iCal
-ial
-ic
-ine
-ior
-ory
-ous
-tic

Pertaining to

Cardi/o

Heart

-ago
-esis
-ia
-iasis
-ion
-ism
-osis

Abnormal condition

Path

Diseases

-Ology

Study of

Dynia

Pain

-megaly

Enlargment

Hepat/o

Liver

-malacia

Abnormal softening

Arteri/o

Artery

-necrosis

Tissue death

-stenosis

Abnormal narrowing

-centesis

Surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid

Abdomin/o

Abdomen

-graphy

The process of producing a picture or record

Angi/o

Blood vessel

-gram

Picture or record

-scopy

Visual examination

Hem/o

Blood

Dia-

Through

Natal

Pertaining to birth

Nat

Birth

Pre

Before

Peri

Surrounding

Post

After

Ab

Away from, negative, absent

Dextr/o

Right side

Ex-

Out of, outside, away from

Macro-

Large, abnormal size, long

Mega, megal/o

Large, great

Ad

Toward, to , in the direction of

Sinistr/o

Left side

In-

In, into, not, without

Micr/o, micro

Small

Olig/o

Scanty, few

Eu

Good normal well or easy

Inter

Between or among

Intra

Within or inside

Sub

Under, less or below

Super supra

Above or excessive

Laryng/o

Larynx or throat

Rhin/o

Nose

Ot/o

Ears

Lith

Stone

Edema

Swelling caused by an abnormal accumulation of fluid in cells, tissue, or body cavities

Appendic

Appendix

Phalanges

Fingers and toes

End

Within

Ather/o

Plaque or fatty substance

Oma

Tumor

Col

Colon

Fissue

Groove or crack-like sore of the skin

Fistula

Abnormal passage between two internal organs or leading from an organ to the surface of the body due to surgery, injury or draining of an abscess

Ileum

Last and longest part of small intestine

Ilium

Hip bone

Exudate

Fluid that leaks out of an infected wound

Myc/o

Fungus

Ologist

Specialist

Palpation

Examination technique

Palpitation

Pounding or racing heart

Laceration

Torn or jagged wound

Lesion

Pathologic change in tissue

Vir

Poison or virus

Pyr/o

Fever or fire

Py/o

Pus

Derma

Skin

Pyel/o

Renal pelvis

Supination

Rotating forward

Suppuration

Formation of discharge or pus