Med-Term Module 1 Word List

A collection of medical terminology components, including roots, suffixes, and prefixes, commonly used in medical contexts. Below is an organized breakdown of the terms:

COMMON ROOTS

• Arthr/o: Joint

• Cardi/o: Heart

• Enter/o: Intestine

• Gastr/o: Stomach

• Hepat/o: Liver

• Neur/o: Nerve

• Hem/o, Hemat/o: Blood

• My/o, Muscul/o: Muscle

• Angi/o, Vas/o, Vascul/o: Vessel

• Derm/o, Dermat/o, Cutane/o: Skin

• Pneum/o, Pneumon/o, Pulmon/o: Lung

GENERAL PURPOSE ROOTS

• Gen/o: Creation, cause

• Hydr/o: Water

• Morph/o: Shape, form

• Myc/o: Fungus

• Necr/o: Death

• Path/o: Disease

• Phag/o: Eat, swallow

• Plas/o: Formation, development

• Py/o: Pus

• Sten/o: Narrowing

• Xer/o: Dry

SIMPLE SUFFIXES

• -ole: Small

COMPLEX SUFFIXES

• -algia: Pain

• -emia: Blood condition

• -iasis: Presence of

• -itis: Inflammation

• -lysis: Breakdown, destruction

• -malacia: Softening

• -megaly: Enlargement

• -pathy: Disease

• -penia: Deficiency

• -ptosis: Drooping

• -rrhage: Excessive flow

• -rrhea: Discharge

• -spasm: Involuntary contraction

• -centesis: Surgical puncture

• -gram: Record

• -scope: Instrument for viewing

• -scopy: Process of viewing

• -ectomy: Removal

• -plasty: Reconstruction

• -rrhaphy: Suture

• -stomy: Creation of an opening

NEGATION PREFIXES

• a-, an-: Without, not

• anti-: Against

• contra-: Opposite, against

• de-, de-: Down, away

TIME OR SPEED PREFIXES

• Ante-, Pre-: Before

• Brady-: Slow

• Tachy-: Fast

• Post-: After

DIRECTION OR POSITION PREFIXES

• Ab-: Away from

• Ad-: Toward

• Circum-, Peri-: Around

• Dia-, Trans-: Through

• Extra-: Outside

• En-, Endo-, Intra-: Inside

• Epi-: Upon

• Sub-: Under

• Inter-: Between

SIZE OR QUANTITY PREFIXES

• Bi-: Two

• Hemi-, Semi-: Half

• Hyper-: Over, excessive

• Hypo-: Under, deficient

• Macro-: Large

• Micro-: Small

• Mono-, Uni-: One

• Oligo-: Few

• Pan-: All

• Poly-, Multi-: Many

GENERAL PREFIXES

• Dys-: Bad, difficult

• Eu-: Good, normal