Med Term

-AL

pertaining to

-ALGIA

pain, suffering

APPENDIC/O

appendix

ARTERI/O

artery

ARTHR/O

joint

ATHER/O

plaque, fatty substance

CARDI/O

heart

CHONDR/O

cartilage

COL/O

colon

-DYNIA

pain

DYS-

bad, painful, difficult

-ECTOMY

surgical removal

ENTER/O

small intestine

GASTR/O

stomach

-GRAPHY

recording a picture

HEM/O

blood, relating to the blood

HYPER-

over

HYPO-

under

-IC

pertaining to

-ITIS

inflammation

LARYNG/O

larynx

-MALACIA

abnormal softening

-MEGALY

enlargement

MYC/O

fungus

MYEL/O

spinal cord, bone marrow

MY/O

muscle

-NECROSIS

tissue death

NEPHR/O

kidney

NEUR/O

nerve

-OLOGIST

specialist

-OLOGY

study of

-OSIS

abnormal condition

OSTE/O

bone

OT/O

ear

-OTOMY

surgical incision

-PATHY

disease

PERI

surrounding

-PLASTY

surgical repair

POLY

many

PY/O

pus

RHIN/O

nose

-RRHAGE

excessive, abnormal flow

-RRHAPHY

to suture or stitch

-RRHEA

flow, discharge

-RRHEXIS

rupture

-SCLEROSIS

abnormal hardening

-SCOPY

visual examination

-STENOSIS

abnormal narrowing

SUB

under, below

SUPRA

above, excessive, or beyond