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Medical Term Roots
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ab | away from |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities |
| ad | towards |
| aden/o | glands |
| aer/o | air |
| algesia | oversensitive to pain |
| algia | pain |
| amb/l | both |
| angi/o | vessel |
| anis/o | unequal |
| anterior | front |
| anti | against |
| arteri/o | arteries |
| arthr/o | joint |
| aut/o | self |
| bi/o | life |
| blast/o | embryonic |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brad/y | slow |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| caudal | downward |
| cele | hernia |
| centesis | puncture/tapping |
| cephal/o | heard |
| cephalic | upward |
| cerebrum | part of brain where thought occurs |
| cheil/ia | lips |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chlor/o | green |
| chole/e | gall/bile |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| circum | around |
| clys/o | irrigation |
| coccl/l /us | bacteria |
| col/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| contra | against |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | skull/cranium |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | bladder/fluid sac |
| cyt/o | cellular |
| dactyl | fingers and toes |
| de | from/down from/taking away from |
| dent/o | teeth |
| derm(at)/o | skin |
| di/a | through |
| dipl/o | double |
| dips | thirst |
| dorsal | back |
| drom/o | running |
| duct | middle |
| duoden/o | small intestine |
| dyn/ia | pain/ache |
| dys | bad |
| ect/o | outer/outside |
| ectasia | dilation |
| ectomy | removal |
| em | blood |
| emesis | vomiting |
| encephal/o | brain |
| end/o | inner |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| epi | over/upon |
| errant | wandering |
| erythr/o | red |
| esthesi/a | sensation |
| esthesia | feeling/sensation |
| eu | well/easy |
| ex | out from |
| external | outer |
| extra | outside of |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| genesis | forming |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/ia | tongue |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | glucose |
| gnosis | knowledge |
| gram | record |
| gynec/o | diseases of women |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| heter/o | different |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hom/o | same |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyper | more/over |
| Hypo | less/under |
| Hyster/o | Uterus |
| ile/o | ileum |
| in | in/not |
| infra | below/under |
| inter | between |
| internal | inner |
| is/o | equal |
| itis | inflammation |
| jejun/o | Jejunum |
| Kinesi/o | motion |
| lanryg/o | larynx |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| lateral | side |
| leuk/o | white(ness) |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone/calculus |
| logy | study |
| lumb/o | lower back/loin |
| lys/o | breaking down |
| lysis | destruction |
| macr/o | large |
| magal/o | enlarged |
| malac/o | softening |
| malan/o | black |
| mania | madness |
| median | middle |
| melan/o | black |
| men/o | referring to mensus |
| mening/o | meninges |
| mes/o | middle |
| metr/o | pertaining to the uterus |
| mon/o | one/single |
| muc/o | mucus |
| multi/i | many/more than one |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | bone marrow/spinal cord |
| narc/o | sleep |
| necr/o | pertaining to death |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neuro/o | nerve/neuron |
| null/i | none |
| o/blast/o | germ/embryonic/gives rise to |
| o/o | egg |
| o/spasm/o | twitch |
| oid | resembling |
| ology | the study of |
| oma | tumor |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opia | vision |
| orchid/o | testicles |
| orrhagia | hemorrhage/ bursting |
| orrhaphy | suturing/stitching |
| orrhea | flow/discharge |
| orrhexis | rupture |
| osis | makes the word a noun and condition |
| ostomy | form an opening (mouth) |
| ot/ia | ear |
| ot/o | ear |
| otomy | cut into/ temporary opening |
| ous | adjectival ending |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| par/a | beside/beyond/near/abnormal |
| par/o | bear |
| path/o | disease |
| pause | cessation |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| penia | decrease in/not enough |
| pepsis | digestion |
| per | through |
| peri | around |
| pex/o | fixation |
| pex/y | surgical fixation |
| phag | eat/swallow |
| phag/ia | eating |
| phania | first |
| phas/o | speech |
| phil/o | attraction to |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phob/ia | abnormal fear |
| phon/o | voice/sound |
| plas/ia | formation/change |
| plast/y | surgical repair |
| pleg/a | paralysis |
| pne/o | breath(ing) |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| pol/y | many/much |
| posterior | behind (location) |
| pro | before/ in front of |
| procto | rectum |
| pseud/o | not true/false |
| psych/o | mind |
| ptosis | prolapse |
| pub/o | pubis |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| pyr/exia | heat/fever |
| rect/o | rectum |
| retr/o | backward/behind |
| rhin/o | nose |
| salping/o | fallopian tube(s) |
| scler/o | hard |
| sepsis | poisoned bloodstream |
| spermat/o | seed |
| splen/o | pertaining to the spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters/bunches |
| stasis | suppression |
| stomato/o | mouth |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| sub | below/under |
| super | above |
| superior | above |
| supra | above |
| supra | beyond |
| syn/sym | together |
| syphil/o | referring to syphilis |
| tach/y | fast/rapid |
| therap/y | treatment |
| therm/o | heat |
| thorac/o | thorax/chest |
| tocia | labor |
| trans | over/across |
| trips/y | rub/massage |
| troph/o | development |
| ur/o | urine |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| ventral | belly (location) |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| xanth/o | yellow |
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