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Med Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| osteo/o | bone |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cyt/o | cell |
| neur/o | nerve |
| crani/o | skull |
| hemat/o hem/o | blood |
| erythro/o | Red |
| leuk/o | White |
| arteri/o | artery |
| mycel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| bi | two |
| tri | three |
| hypo | deficient, decreased |
| hyper | excessive,increased |
| a-an | liver |
| otomy | surgical insicion |
| ostomy | surgically creating |
| oma | tumor,neoplasm |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| rrhea | abnormal flow, discharge |
| scopy | visual examination |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| cardi/o | heart |
| artrh/o | joint |
| rhin/o | nose |
| nat/i | Birth |
| my/o | muscle |
| cyan/o | blue |
| itis | inflammation |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| algia | pain |
| ology | study of |
| ologist | speacilist |
| oisis | abnormal condition |
| al | pertaining to |
| before | pre |
| after | post |
| around | peri |
| cephao/o | head |
| encephal/o | brain |
| dermo/o dermat/o | skin |
| heph/o | kidney |
| angi/o | blood vessel |
| phleb/o | vein |
| thorac/o | chest |
| myc/o | fungus |
| aden/o | gland |
| pharyrg/o | throat |
| ot/o | ear |
| or/o | mouth |
| rrhaphy | to surgically suture |
| rrhexis | to rupture |
| sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| pnea | breating |
| ic | pertaining to |
| emia | blood condition |
| cyte | cell |
| centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| gram | record |
| anti | against |
| intra | within,inside |
| inter | between,among |
| sub | below |
| epi | upper |