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MOA Med Term
prefix, suffix, combining form
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Supra- | above, upper |
Ultra- | beyond, excess |
Syn- Sym- | together, with |
Ante- | before, forward |
Con- | with, together |
De- | down, lack of |
Dys- | difficult, bad, abnormal, painful |
Meta- | change, beyond |
Pseudo- | false, |
Para- | abnormal, beside, near |
Infra- | beneath, under |
Uni- | one |
Contra- | against, opposite |
Eu- | good, normal |
Per- | through |
Post- | after, behind |
Ec- Ecto- | out, outside |
Inter- | between, |
Intra- | in, into, within |
Poly- | many, much |
Mal- | bad |
Endo- En- End- | within |
Dia- | through, complete |
Epi- | above, upon |
Ab- | away from |
Ad- | towards |
Ana- | up |
Pan- | all |
Macro- | large |
Cata- | down |
Anti- | against |
A- An- | no, not, without |
Hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
Hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal |
Auto- Aut- | self, own |
In- | not, into, in |
Ex- Exo- | out, outside of, outward |
Re- | back, backward, again |
Retro- | behind |
Pro- | before, forward |
Sub- | below, under |
Trans- | across, through |
Peri- | surrounding, around |
Micro- | small |
Neo- | new |
Bi- | two |
Hemi- | half |
Brady- | slow |
Pre- | before, in front of |
Tachy- | fast |
-plasia | development, formation, growth |
-stasis | stopping, controlling |
-gea -gen | substance that produces |
-physis | to grow |
-us | structure, substance |
-blast | embryonic, immature |
-genesis | condition of producing , formation |
-ptosis | falling, dropping, prolapsed |
-esis | abnormal condition, action, condition |
-plakia | plaque |
-phoria | to bear, carry, feeling |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
-derma | skin |
-um -ium | structure, tissue |
-pathy | disease, condition |
-ion | process |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
-fusion | coming together, to pour |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-stomy | new opening to outside of body |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-partum | birth, labour |
-mission | to send |
-pnea | breathing |
-graphy | process of recording |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-cele | hernia |
-megaly | enlargement |
-scopy | process of examining |
-scope | instrument to examine |
-coccus -cocci | berry-shaped bacterium |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-therapy | treatment |
-ist | specialist |
-itis | inflammation |
-gram | record |
-ectomy | excision, removal of |
-opsy | process of viewing |
-tomy | process of cutting, incision |
-logy | process of study |
-malacia | softening |
-eal -ior | pertaining to |
-ac -iac | pertaining to |
-ic -tic | pertaining to |
-ar -ary | pertaining to |
-al -ical | pertaining to |
-globin | protein |
-crine | to secrete |
-y -ism | process, condition |
-oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
-algia -dynia | pain |
-phobia | fear |
-genic | pertaining to producing, produced by/in |
-sis | state of, condition |
-er -or | one who |
-ole -ule | little, small |
-meter | to measure |
-rrhea | to flow, discharge |
-emia | blood condition |
-cyte | cell |
-drome | to run |
-ous | pertaining to |
-oid | resembling |
-oxia | oxygen |
-penia | deficiency |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-somes | bodies |
-ia -ema | condition |
-plasm | formation |
-type | picture, classification |
-lapse | to slid, fall, sag |
-ose | full of, pertaining to |
anthrac/o | black (as coal) |
chlor/o | green |
cirrh/o | tawny yellow |
cyan/o | blue |
xanth/o lute/o jaund/o | yellow |
steat/o lip/o adip/o | fat |
albin/o leuk/o | white |
cutane/o derm/o dermat/o | skin |
caus/o | burn, burning |
cauter/o | burn, heat |
onych/o ungu/o | nail |
pil/o trich/o | hair |
hidr/o | sweat |
xer/o | dry |
ichthy/o | dry, scaly |
erythema/o erythemat/o | redness |
kerat/o | hard |
diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
myc/o | fungus |
py/o | pus |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
seb/o sebace/o | sebum |
squam/o | scale like |
bol/o | to cast (throw) |
cib/o | meals |
norm/o | rule, order |
nect/o | to bind, tie, connect |
the/o | to put, place |
immun/o | protection |
sect/o cis/o | to cut |
vertebr/o | vertebra (e), backbone (s) |
umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
cervic/o | neck (of the body or uterus) |
ili/o | ilium (part of pelvic bone) |
top/o | place, put, position |
acr/o | extremities, top, extreme |
hist/o | tissue |
chondr/o | cartilage |
lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
viscer/o | internal organs |
sacr/o | sacrum |
furc/o | forking, branching |
spin/o | spine, backbone |
proxim/o | nearest |
medi/o | middle |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
ot/o | ear |
morph/o | shape, form |
axill/o | armpit |
hepat/o | liver |
cephal/o | head |
cardi/o | heart |
ped/o | child |
oste/o | bone |
ophthalm/o | eye |
rhin/o | nose |
radi/o | x-rays |
psych/o | mind |
gnos/o | knowledge |
gynec/o | women, female |
hemat/o hem/o | blood |
neur/o | nerve |
ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
enter/o | intestines (usually small) |
sarc/o | flesh |
path/o | disease |
iatr/o | treatment, physician |
log/o | study of |
nephr/o ren/o | kidney |
cyst/o | urinary bladder |
bi/o | life |
thromb/o | clot, clotting |
erythr/o | red |
aden/o | gland |
duct/o | to lead, carry |
seps/o | infection |
later/o | side |
lymph/o | lymph |
mamm/o mast/o | breast |
muc/o myx/o | mucus |
phag/o | to eat, swallow |
trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
rect/o | rectum |
pneumon/o pulmon/o | lungs |
splen/o | spleen |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
phleb/o ven/o or i | vein |
blephar/o | eyelid |
bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
col/o colon/o | colon |
inguin/o | groin |
isch/o | to hold back |
onc/o | tumor |
strept/o | twisted chains |
pleur/o | pleura |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
cyt/o | cell |
carcin/o | cancer |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
glyc/o gluc/o | sugar |
gastr/o | stomach |
encephala/o | brain |
electr/o | electricity |
arthr/o | joint |
cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
cost/o | ribs |
carp/o | wrist bones |
lumb/o | lower back |
nucle/o kary/o | nucleus |
dors/o | back portion of body |
dist/o | far distant |
coccyg/o | coccyx |
chrom/o | color |
neutr/o | neutrophil |
acu/o | sharp, severe sudden |
nat/i | birth |
cutane/o | skin |
my/o | muscle |
angi/o vas/o vascul/o | vessel |
plas/o | formation, development |
crani/o | skull |
thel/o theli/o | nipple |
ventr/o | belly side of body |
pelv/i | pelvis (hip region) |
poster/o | back, behind |
anter/o | front |
laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
hydr/o | water, fluid |
chem/o | drug, chemical |
arteri/o arter/o | artery |
chron/o | time |
crin/o | to secrete |
necr/o | death (of cells or body) |
thorac/o steth/o | chest |
staphyl/o | cluster |
thyr/o | thyroid gland, shield |
son/o | sound |
somn/o | sleep |
pub/o | pelvis (anterior area of pelvic or hipbone) |
mort/o | death |
dactyl/o | fingers , toes |
flex/o | to bend |
gloss/o | tongue |
ox/o | oxygen |
tox/o | poison |
urethr/o | urethra |
melan/o | black |
Adenoid/o | Adenoids |
Alveol/o | Alveolus ( air sac ) |
Bronch/o Bronchi/o | Bronchi |
Bronchiol/o | Bronchiole |
Capn/o | Carbon dioxide co2 |
Coni/o | Dust |
Lob/o | Lobe of the lung |
Mediastin/o | Mediastinum |
Nas/o | Nose |
Orth/o | Straight, upright |
Pector/o | Chest |
Phon/o | Voice |
Phren/o | Diaphragm |
Pneum/o Pneumon/o Pulmon/o | Lung |
Sinus/o | Sinus cavity |
Spir/o | Breathing |
Tel/o | Complete |
-osmia | Smell |
-ptysis | Spitting |
-sphyxia | Pulse |
-thorax | Plural cavity, chest |
epiglott/o | epiglottis |
mediastin/o | mediastinum |
nas/o | nose |
or/o | mouth |
-capnia | carbon dioxide CO2 |
-ectasis | dilation, widening |
-phonia | sound, voice |
-stenosis | tightening |
tetra- | four |
tri- | three |
-dilation | widening, expanding |
-constriction | narrowing |
aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
aort/o | aorta |
ather/o | yellowish plaque |
atri/o | atrium |
brachi/o | arm |
cholesterol/o | cholesterol |
coron/o | heart |
pericardi/o | pericardium |
rrhythm/o | rhythm |
sphygm/o | pulse |
valv/o valvul/o | valve |
ventricul/o | ventricle |
an/o | anus |
append/o appendic/o | appendix |
bucc/o | cheek |
cec/o | cecum |
celi/o | belly, abdomen |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
duoden/o | duodenum |
esophagi/o | esophagus |
faci/o | face |
ile/o | ileum |
jejun/o | jejunum |
labi/o | lip |
lingu/o | tongue |
mandibul/o | lower jaw, mandible |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
pharyng/o | throat |
proct/o | anus, rectum |
pylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
sialaden/o | salivary gland |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
stomat/o | mouth |
uvul/o | uvula |
amyl/o | starch |
bil/I chol/e | bile, gall |
bilirubin/o | bilirubin bile pigment |
glycogen/o | glycogen animal starch |
lith/o | stone |
prote/o | protein |
sial/o | saliva |
-ase | enzyme |
-chezia | defecation, elimination of wastes |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-prandial | meal |
-phagia | swallowing, eating |
-emesis | vomiting |
-prandial | meal |
-pepsia | digestion |
-orexia | appetite |
-rrhage -rrhagia | bursting forth blood |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-spasm | involuntary contraction of muscle |
-tresia | opening |
cholangi/o | bile duct |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
eti/o | cause |
palat/o | palate |
labi/o | lip |
stomat/o | mouth |
rect/o | rectum |
idi/o | unknown, individual |
Adrenal/o | Adrenal glands |
Gonad/o | Sex glands (ovaries, testes) |
Pancreat/o | Pancreas |
Parathyroid/o | Parathyroid gland |
Pituitar/o | Pituitary gland Hypophysis |
Thyr/o, Thyroid/o | Thyroid gland |
Andr/o | Male |
Calc/o, Calici/o | Calcium |
Cortic/o | Cortex, outer region |
Dips/o | Thirst |
Estr/o | Female |
Gluc/o Glyc/o | Sugar |
Home/o | Sameness |
Hormon/o | Hormone |
Kal/i | Potassium (an electrolyte) |
Lact/o | Milk |
Myx/o | Mucus |
Natr/o | Sodium (an electrolyte ) |
Phys/o | Growing |
Somat/o | Body |
Ster/o | Solid structure |
Toc/o | Childbirth |
Toxic/o | Position |
Ur/o | Urine urea |
-agon | Assemble, Gather together |
-in, -ine | A substance |
-tropin | Stimulating the function of |
-uria | Urine condition |
oxy- | Rapid, Sharp, Acid |
Tetra- | Four |
Tri- | Three |
cali/o, calic/o | calyx |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
meat/o | meatus |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
trigon/o | trigone |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
visic/o | urinary bladder |
albumin/o | albumin |
azot/o | nitrogen |
bacteri/o | bacteria |
ket/o, keton/o | ketone bodies |
noct/o | night |
olig/o | scanty |
-poietin | substance that forms |
-uria | urination, urine condition |
urin/o | urine |
De- | Away from |
Tel (e)- | Distance |
Dextro- | Towards the right |
Iso- | Equal |
Bi- | Twice |
-opia | Vision |
-plegia | Paralysis |
-pexy | Fixation |
-tripsy | Crush |
-lytic | Reducing, destroying, breakdown, seperation |
-one | Hormone |
Balan/o | Glans penis |
Cry/o | Cold |
Crypt/o | Hidden |
Epididym/o | Epididymis |
Gon/o | Seed |
Orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o | Testis, testicles |
Pen/o | Penis |
Prostat/o | Prostate gland |
Semin/i | Semen seed |
Sperm/o, spermat/o | Spermatozoa, semen |
Terat/o | Monster |
Test/o | Testis, testicle |
Varic/o | Varicose vein |
Vas/o | Vessel duct |
Zo/o | Animal life |
-salpinx | Uterine tube |
-tocin -tocia | Labor, birth |
-version | Act of turning |
-arche | Beginning |
-cyesis | Pregnancy |
-flexion | Bend |
-gravida | Pregnancy |
-pareunia | Sexual intercourse |
-parous | To bear, bring forth |
primi- | First |
multi- | Many |
Nulli- | No, not, none |
Myom/o | Muscle tumor |
Obstetr/o | Midwife |
O/o, ov/o, ovul/o | Egg |
Oophor/o | Ovary |
Ovari/o | Ovary |
Perine/o | Perineum |
Phor/o | To bear |
Salping/o | Fallopian tubes |
Uter/o | Uterus |
Vagin/o | Vagina |
Vulv/o | Vulva |
Amni/o | Amnion |
Bartholin/o | Bartholin gland |
Chori/o chorion/o | Chorion |
Colp/o | Vagina |
Culd/o | Cul-de-sac |
Episi/o | Vulva |
Galact/o | Milk |
Gynec/o | Women female |
Hyster/o | Uterus, womb |
Lact/o | Milk |
Mamm/o , mast/o | Breast |
Men/o | Menses, menstruation |
Metr/o, metri/o | Uterus, womb |