Chapter 1 medical terms

arthr/o

joint

gastr/o

stomach

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

oste/o

bone

splen/o

spleen

hyster/o

uterus

enter/o

intestine

ot/o

ear

derm/o,dermat/o

skin

hepat/o

liver

cholangi/o

bile vessel

col/o,colon/o

colon

chondr/o

cartilage

append/o

appendix

-centesis

surgical puncture

-clasis

to break; surgical fracture

-desis

binding, fixation (of a bone of joint)

-ectomy

excision, removal

-lysis

separation, destruction, loosening

-pexy

fixation (of an organ)

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture

-stomy

forming an opening (mouth)

-tome

instrument to cut

-tomy

incision

-tripsy

crushing

-gram

record, writing

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

act of measuring

-scope

instrument for examining

-scopy

visual examination

-algia, dynia

pain

-cele

hernia, swelling

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-edema

swelling

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood condition

-iasis

abnormal condition (produced by something specific)

-itis

inflammation

-lith

stone, calculus

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

-pathy

disease

-penia

decrease, deficiency

-phobia

fear

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting (of)

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

-toxic

poison

-trophy

nourishment, development

-ac, -al, -ar, -ic, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-ia, -ism

condition

-iatry

medicine, treatment

-ist

specialist

-y

condition, process

a-, an-

without, not

circum-, peri-

around

dia-, trans-

through, across

dipl-, diplo-

double

dys-

bad, painful, difficult

endo-, intra-

in, within

homo-, homeo-

same

hypo-

under, below, deficient

macro-

large

micro-

small

mono-, uni-

one

pre-

before, in front of

primi-

first

post-

after, behind

retro-

backward, behind

super-

upper, above