Basic Medical Terms

Prefix

number/amount ,size,location ,colour

Root

relating to a part of the body

Suffix

pertaining to a process or procedure , amount and location

marco

large

micro

small

hyper

high, above

hypo

low

Eu-/normo

normal

Pan-/omini

all, everything

A-/An

absent, lacking

Megalo

larger than average

mono

single or one

di

two, double

tri

three; triple

quad

four

poly

many, several

oligo

few, little

tachy

fast, rapid

brady/brachy

slow

Epi-/Peri-/Circum-

around, near

endo/intra

within, inside

exo /extra

outside, outer

inter

between, among

trans

across, beyond

dia/per

through

medi(ola)

middle

para

beside, near by

juxta

next to

ab

away from

ad

toward

dis

seoarate,apart

chormo/chromato

color

leuko

white

erythro

red

cyano

blue

chloro

green

melan

black

flav

yellow

homeo

body

cephalo

head

cerv

neck

thoraco

thorax, chest

abdomino

abdominal

osteo

bone

pelvo/i

pelvic

periton

peritoneum

derm

skin; dermis

neuro

nerve

hemo

blood

cyte

cell, cellular

arterio/angio

arteries

veno/vera

venous

vasculo

vasculor

musculo

muscle

skelet

bone,skeleton

thyro

thyroid

Tracheo

trachea

esaphago

esophagus

thymo

thymus

gastro

stomach, belly

hepato

liver

chelecysto

gallbladder

adreno

adrenal gland

nephro

kidney

entero

intestine

colo

colon, large intestine

ology

study of

philia

love of

phobia

fear of

tension

pressure

xia

Oxygen

capnea

carbon dioxide

pnea

air, breathing

ase

enzyme