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Medical Terminology - 2012 PDF
Medical Terminology - 2012 PDF
prefix, root,
suffix
meaning
example
-ache
pain
aden(o)
aer(o)
-algia
pain
angi(o)
blood vessel
ante-
anti-
against
antihistamine, antiinflammatory,
antipyretic
arteri(o)
artery
arthr(o)
joint
-ase
enzyme
audi(o)
hearing
brady-
slow
bronch(o)
carcin(o)
cancer
cardi, cardia,
cardio
heart
-cele
-centesis
surgical puncture
(aspiration of fluid)
amniocentesis, arthrocentesis,
paracentesis
cephal(o)
head
cerebr(o)
cerebrum, brain
cervic(o)
neck, cervix
chol(e)
bile, gall
chondr(o)
cartilage
-coccus, -cocci
bacteria, organism
pneumococcus, gonococcus,
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Medical Terminology
Medical Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
streptococci
col(o)
colon
cortic(o)
cortex
corticosteroid, cortical,
cost(o)
rib
crani(o)
skull, cranium
craniotomy, cranial
cyan(o)
blue, blueness
cyanosis
cyst(o)
bladder
cyt(o)
cell
cytology, cytoplasm,
-cyte
cell
dent-
tooth
derm(o),
dermat(o)
skin
dipl(o)
double, twofold
diplopia,
dors(o)
back
dorsal, dorsolateral
dys-
-ectomy
appendectomy, thrombectomy,
gastrectomy
-emia
blood condition
encephal(o)
encephalitis, encephalopathy
end(o)-
endocrine, endoscopic
enter(o)
intestine
enteric
epi-
outer, upon
epidermis, epidural
erythr(o)
red
erythrocyte, erythema
eu-
extra-
outside, beyond
extravasation, extrahepatic
gastr(o)
stomach
-genic
producing, originating,
forming
ger(o)
old age
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Medical Terminology
Medical Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
geroderma
gingiv(o)
gum, gums
gingivitis, gingivoplasty,
gingivostomatitis
gloss(o)
tongue
glossitis, hypoglossal,
gluc(o)
sugar
glyc(o)
sugar, sweet
-gram
encephalogram, ca
-graph
recording instrument
hemo-, hema-
blood
hemat(o)
blood
hemi-
half
hemiplegia,
hepat(o)
liver
hidr(o)
hidradenoma, hidrosis,
hist(o)
tissue
, histamine, histology
homo-
homologous, , homogeneous
hydr
water
hydration, dehydration
hydro-
Hydrocephalus, hydrotherapy
hyper-
hypo-
hypoallergenic, hypocalcemia,
hyster(o)
uterus, womb
hysteroscopy, hysterectomy
-iasis
condition of disease
immun(o)
immune
immunodeficiency, immunization,
immunity
infra-
below, beneath
inframammary, infracardiac,
inter-
between, among
intercostal
intra-
within, inside
iso-
equal, same
-itis
inflammation
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Medical Terminology
Medical Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
lact(o)
milk
lactose
laryng(o)
leuk(o)
white
lingu
tongue
sublingual
lip(o)
fat
lith(o)
stone, calculus
-logist
-logy
the study of
-lysis
breakdown, destruction,
macro-
large
macrocyte
mal-
-malacia
osteomalacia
mamm-
mammogram, mammography,
megalo-
megal megalocyte
-megaly
enlargement
cardiomegaly, acromegaly,
hepatomegaly
melan(o)
melanoma, melanoderma,
melanogenesis
men(o)
menstruation, menses
mening(o)
meninges
-metry
process of measuring
audiometry, pelvimetry,
micro-
small
my(o)
muscle
myocardial, myalgia,fibromyalgia
myc(o)
fungus, fungi
myel(o)
myelopathy, myeloma
nas(o)
nose
-natal
birth, infant
nephr(o)
kidney
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Medical Terminology
Medical Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
neur(o)
nerve
neurology, neurosurgery,
non-
not
nonsteroidal, nontoxic
odont
tooth
-oma
onco-
tumor
onych-
onychectomy
ophthalm(o)
vision, eye
ophthalmology, ophthalmoscope,
-opia
vision, eye
opt-
vision, eye
orchi
testes, testis
cryptorchidism, orchiectomy,
-osis
condition, increase,
oste(o)
bone
ot(o)
ear
-pathy
disease, anomaly
-penia
eosinopenia, thrombocytopenia,
erythropenia
-pepsia
digestion
dyspepsia, eupepsia
peri-
-pexy
fixation
phag(o)
dysphagia, phagocyte
pharyng(o)
pharynx
pharyngitis, pharyngeal,
phleb(o)
vein
phlebitis, phlebotomy
-phobia
fear of
-plasia
development, formation
-plasty
surgical
-plegia
paralysis
paraplegia, hemiplegia
-pnea
breathing, breath
pneum(o)
air, lung
pneumonia, pneumothorax,
pod(o)
foot
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Medical Terminology
Medical Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
poly-
post-
after
pre-
before, in front of
presby(o)
old age
proct(o)
anus, rectum
psych(o)
mind, mental
-ptosis
blepharoptosis
pulmon-
lung
pulmonary, pulmonology,
pulmonectomy
py(o)
pus
pyemia, empyema
pyel(o)
renal pelvis
pyelonephritis
pyr-, pyro-
fever, heat
pyrogen
ren(o)
kidney
retro-
rhin(o)
nose
-rrhagia
menorrhagia
-rrhea
excessive
rhinorrhea
salping(o)
fallopian tube
salpingitis,
scler(o)
hard, hardening
atherosclerosis, myelosclerosis,
arteriosclerosis
-scope
instrument used to
-spasm
involuntary contraction
-stomy
surgical opening
sub-
tachy-
fast, rapid
thorac(o)
chest, thorax
thoracotomy, thoracoscopy
thromb(o)
blood clot
thyr(o)
thyroid
thyroxine, hypothyroidism,
hyperthyroidism
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Medical Terminology
Medical Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
-tomy
toxi-
poison
trache-
trachea, windpipe
trans-
-trophy
growth, development
urethr(o)
urethra
-uria
urine
vas(o)
ven(o)
vein
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