Medical terminology 1

aden/o

gland

carcin/o

cancer

Cardi/o

heart

Chem/o

chemical

Cis/o

To cut

Dermat/o

skin

Enter/o

small intestine

gastr/o

stomach

Gynec/o

Female

Hemat/o

Blood

Hydr/o

Water

Immun/o

Immunity

Laryng/o

Voice box

Nephr/o

kidney

Neur/o

Nerve

Ophthalmic/o

eye

Ot/o

Ear

Path/o

Disease

Pulmon/o

Lung

Rhin/o

Nose

A-

Without, away from

An-

Without

Ante-

Before, in front of

Anti-

Against

Auto-

Self

Brady-

Slow

Contra-

Against

De-

Without

Dys-

Painful, difficult, abnormal

Endo-

Within, inner

Epi-

Upon, over

ESO-

Inward

Eu-

Normal, good

Ex-

External, outward

Exo-

Outward

Extra-

Outside of

Hetero-

Different

Homo-

Same

Hydro-

Water

Hyper-

Over, above

Hypo-

Under, below

In-

Not, inward

Inter-

Among, between

Intra-

within, inside

Macro-

Large

Micro-

Small

Myo-

To shut

Neo-

New

Pan-

All

Para-

Beside, near, abnormal two like parts of a pair

Per-

Through

Peri-

Around

Post-

After

Pre-

Before, infront of

Pro-

Before

Pseudo-

False

Retro

Backward, behind

Sub-

Below, under

Supra-

Above

tachy-

fast

Trans-

through, across

Ultra-

beyond, excess

Un-

Not

Mono-

One

Bi-

Two

hemi-

Half

Multi-

Many

Nulli-

None

Poly-

Many

Primi-

First

Quadri-

Four

Semi-

Partial, half

Tetra-

Four

Tri-

Three

-algia

pain

-Cele

Hernia, protrusion

-Cyte

Cell

- Dynia

pain

-Ectasis

Dilatation

-Gen

that which produces

- genesis

produces, generates

_Genic

Producing, produced by

-ia

state, condition

-Iasis

abnormal condition

-Iatry

medical treatment

-ism

state of

- it is

inflammation

-Logist

one who studies

- logy

study of

-Lysis

destruction

-Lytic

destruction

_Malacia

abnormal softening

_Megaly

enlargement, large

-oid

resembling

-Oma

tumor, mass

-Osis

abnormal condition

-Pathy

disease

-Phobia

fear

-Plasia

development, growth

- plasm

formation, development

_Ptosis

Drooping

_Rrhage

Excessive, abnormalflow

-rrhagia

abnormal, flow condition

Rrhea

discharge, flow

Rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-Stenosis

narrowing

- therapy

treatment

-Trophy

nourishment, development

-Ule

small

_Centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-Ectomy

surgical removal

-Ostomy

surgically create an opening

- otomy

cutting into

_Pexy

surgical fixation

-Plasty

surgical repair

_Rrhaphy

suture

-Gram

record or picture

_Graph

instrument for recording

_Graphy

Process of recording

-Meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

process of measuring

-Scope

instrument for viewing

-Scopy

process of visually examining