Top 350 Med Term

a/an

without, out

abdomin-

abdomen

acr/o-

an extremity (of the body)

ad-

to, toward, near

adip/o-

fat

adren/o-, adrenal/o-

adrenal gland

aerlo-, aero-

air, gas

alb-, album-, leuko-

white

alge-, alges-

pain

\-algia, -dynia

pain

allo-

not normal

ambi-, amphi-, ampho-

both

ambulo-

walk about

an/o-

anus

andr-

male

aneurysm/o-

localized abnormal dilation of a vessel

angio-, vas(o)-

vessel

ankyl-

attached, crooked, fixed

ante-, fore-, pre-, pro-

before, forward

anter/o-

in front of, before

anti-, contra-, counter-

against, opposite

aphth/o-

ulcer

\-arche

beginning

arteri/o-

artery

arthr/o-, articul/o-

joint

asphyxia-

lack of oxygen or excess carbon dioxide

asthen/o-, -asthen/o

weak, weakness

ather/o-

plaque, fatty substance

atri/o-

atrium (upper heart chamber)

audi/o-

hearing

aur/o-, auricul/o-

ear

auscult/o-

to listen

auto-

self

axill/o-

armpit

bacteri/o-

bacteria

balan/o-

glans penis

bi-, bin-, di-, diplo-, dis-

two, twice

blephar/o-

pertaining to an eyelid

brachy-, brevi-

short

brady-

slow

bronch/i-, bronch/o

bronchus (airway)

bucc/o-

cheek

bursa-

pouch or sac

caco-

bad, ill

calc-

stone, also hell

calori-

heat

carcin/o-

cancer

cardio-

heart

carpus, carp/o-

wrist, pertaining to wrist bones

cata-

down

cathar/o-, cathart/o-

cleansing, purging

\-cele

pertaining to a tumor or swelling, or hernia

\-centesis

procedure in which a body cavity is punched often to drain fluid or collect a sample

cephal/o-

head

cerebr/o-

cerebrum

cervico-

pertaining to the neck or cervix

cheil/o-

lip

chir-

hand

chlor, verdin-

green

chole-

pertaining to bile

cholecyst/o-

gallbladder

chondr/o-

pertaining to cartilage

-cidal, -cide

pertaining to killing

cili-

cilia, ciliary, eyelashes

circum, peri-

around

cirrh, glav, lute, xanth-

yellow

clas-, -clasis, -clast

break, smash

-cle, cule, culun, culuc, et, ium, ole, olum, olus

small

co, com, con, sym, syn-

together, with

colon/o-

colon (large intestines)

colp/o-

vagina

conjunctiv/o-

conjunctiva

contra-

against or opposed

corpor/o-

body

cost/o-

pertaining to a rib

cry, cryo-

cold

-cubitus/ cubital

elbow

cutane/o-

skin

cyano-

blue

cyst/o

pertaining to the bladder or any fluid-containing sac

cyt-, -cyte

cell

demi, hemi, semi-

half

dent/i-

tooth

derm, dermo, dermato-

skin

dextro-

to the right

di-

twice or double

dia, per, trans-

across, through

diaphor/o-

profuse sweating

digit

finger or toe

dips/o-

thirst

dis-

apart from

dorsi, dorso-

back

duoden/o-

duodenum

dys-

difficult, painful, abnormal

-e, er, icing, ist, or

agent or noun maker or one who specializs in

-ectasia, -ectasis

dilation, dilatation, widening

ecto, extra, extro-

outside

-ectomy

excision, removal

-edema

swelling

em, en, im, in-

in