Question | Answer |
neur/o | a nerve cell/nervous system |
path/o | disease |
-algia | pain |
-dynia | pain |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | study of/specialty of |
-path/y | disease |
-cele | protrusion/hernia |
-ectasis/-ectasia | expansion or dilation |
-emia | blood |
-iasis | presence of/formation of |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | conditin |
-penia | reduction of size or quantity |
-plasia | abnormal formation |
-plegia | paralysis |
-ptosis | downward displacement |
-rrhage | flowing forth |
-rrhea | discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | muscular contraction |
-pnea | breath/respiration |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-desis | surgical binding |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-gen, -genic, -genesis | origin/producing |
-gram | written or pictorial record |
-graph | device for graphic or pictorial recording |
-graphy | act of graphic or pictorial recording |
-meter | device for measuring |
-metry | act of measuring |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-scope | device for viewing |
-scopy | act of viewing |
-tomy | incision |
-tripsy | crushing |
-cyte | cell |
-edema | excessive fluid in intracellular tissues |
-emesis | vomitting |
-globin | the protein of hemoglobin |
-iasis | indicating a condition |
-ism | indicating a condition, practice or doctrine |
-lith | a stone, calculus, calcification |
-lysis | disintegration |
-mania | a morbid impulse toward a specific object or thought |
-opsy | visual examination |
-phobia | fear |
-poiesis | producing/formation |
-sclerosis | hard/hardness |
-sis | condition |
-stasis | level/unchanging |
-stenosis | narrowed/blocked |
-stomy | permanent opening |
-tome | instrument for cutting |
ab- | away from/outside of/beyond |
ad- | toward/near to |
ante-, pre- | before |
anti- | against/opposed |
bi- | two |
brady- | abnormally slow |
con-, sym-, syn- | with |
contra- | against |
dia- | across/through |
dys- | bad/difficult |
ec-, ecto- | outside |
en-, endo- | inside |
epi- | upon/subsequent to |
ex-, exo- | outside |
extra- | beyond |
hemi-, semi- | half |
hyper- | above/beyond normal |
hypo- | below/below normal |
infra- | inside or below |
inter- | between |
intra- | inside |
macro- | big |
meso- | middle |
meta- | beyond |
micro- | small |
mono-, uni- | one |
neo- | new |
olig-, oligo- | a few |
pan- | everywhere |
para- | alongside/like |
post- | after |
quadri- | four |
retro- | backward/behind |
tachy- | abnormally high |
tri- | three |
echo | reverberation of sound |
electr/o | electrical |
my/o | muscle |
ather/o | gruel-like |
abdomin/o, lapar/o, ceil/o | abdomen |
anter/o | front |
crani/o | skull |
dors/o | back |
inguin/o | groin |
later/o | side; away from the midline |
lumb/o | loin |
medi/o | middle |
pelv/i | pelvis |
poster/o | back |
proxim/o | near |
spin/o | spine |
thorac/o | chest |
umbilic/o | navel |
ventr/o | front side; belly |
cut/o, cutane/o | skin |
derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
hidr/o | sweat |
kerat/o | hard |
melan/o | black |
myc/o | fungus |
onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
pil/o | hair |
seb/o | sebum |
sud/o, sudor/o | sweat |
trich/o | hair |
xer/o | dry |
bx | biopsy |
ID | intradermal |
I & D | incision and drainage |
SC, subQ | subcutaneous |
ankyl/o | stiff, mobile |
arthr/o | joint |
articul/o | joint |
burs/o | bursa |
carp/o | wrist bones |
chondr/o | cartilage |
clavicul/o | clavicle, collarbone |
coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull |
femor/o | femur, thighbone |
fibr/o | fiber |
fibul/o | fibula, outer lower leg bone |
humer/o | humerus, upper arm bone |
ili/o | ilium, upper pelvic bone section |
ischi/o | lower pelvic bone section |
kyph/o | outward curvature of the spine, hump |
lord/o | forward curvature of the spine, swayback |
lumb/o | lower back |
mandibul/o | mandible, lower jawbone |
maxill/o | maxilla, upper jawbone |
metacarp/o | hand bones |
metatars/o | foot bones |
myel/o | bone marrow |
orth/o | straight, to straighten |
oste/o | bone |
patell/o | patella, kneecap |
phalang/o | finger and toe bones |
pubi/o, pub/o | pubis, anterior pelvic bone section |
radi/o | radius, outer lower arm bone |
sacr/o | sacrum |
scapula/o | scapula, shoulder blade |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
stern/o | sternum, breastbone |
tars/o | ankle bones |
vertebr/o | vertebra |