Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical Language

a-

a-

not

ab-

away

ad-

toward

an-

not

ante-

before

anti-

against

bi-

two

brady-

slow

circum-

around

con-

with, together

contra-

against

de-

down, away from

dia-

through

dys-

bad

e-

out

ec-

out

ecto-

outside

en-

in, inside

endo-

in, inside

epi-

upon

eu-

good

ex-

out

exo-

outside

extra-

outside

hemi-

half

hyper-

over

hypo-

under

inter-

between

intra-

in, inside

macro-

large

micro-

small

mono-

one

multi-

many

oligo-

few

pan-

all

peri-

around

poly-

many

post-

after

pre-

before

pro-

before, on, behalf of

re-

again

semi-

half

sub-

beneath

sym-

with, together

syn-

with, together

tachy-

fast

trans-

through

uni-

one

angi/o

blood vessel

arthr/o

joint

cardi/o

heart

derm/o, dermato/o

skin

enter/o

small intestine

gastr/o

stomach

gen/o

generation, cause

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hydr/o

water

morph/o

change

muscul/o

muscle

my/o

muscle

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

neur/o

nerve

ortho/o

straight

path/o

suffering, disease

phag/o

eat

plas/o

formation

pneum/o, pneumon/o

lung

pulmon/o

lung

py/o

pus

scler/o

hard

sten/o

narrowing

troph/o

nourishment, development

vas/o, vascul/o

blood vessel

xen/o

foreign

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-ar, -ary

pertaining to

-cele

hernia

-centesis

puncture

-desis

binding

-dynia

pain

-eal

pertaining to

-ectomy

removal

-emia

blood condition

-gram

written record

-graph

instrument used to produce a record

-graphy

written procedure

-ia

condition

-iasis

presence of

-iatrics

medical science

-iatrist

specialist in medicine of

-iatry

medical science

-ic

pertaining to

-icle

small

-ism

condition

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation