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Medical Terminology

TermDefinition
PREFIX: Brady Slow
PREFIX: Tachy Fast
PREFIX: Epi Upon
PREFIX: Trans Across
PREFIX: Hyper Excessive
PREFIX: Hypo Under or Beneath
PREFIX: Micro Small
PREFIX: Macro Large
PREFIX: Mono One
PREFIX: Uni One
PREFIX: Poly Many
PREFIX: Neo New
PREFIX : Pre Before
PREFIX: Post After
PREFIX: Sub Below
PREFIX: Ecto Outside
PREFIX: Peri Surrounding
ROOT WORD: Esophag/o Esophagus
ROOT WORD: Gastr/o Stomach
ROOT WORD: Enter/o Intestines
ROOT WORD: Hepat/o Liver
ROOT WORD: Chol/o Galbladder
ROOT WORD: Dent/o Teeth
ROOT WORD: Gingiv/o Gums
ROOT WORD: Duoden/o Duodenum
ROOT WORD: Pancreat/o Pancreas
ROOT WORD: Cyt/o Cells
ROOT WORD: Cardi/o Heart
ROOT WORD: Hemat/o Blood
ROOT WORD: Arteri/o Artery
ROOT WORD: Splen/o Spleen
ROOT WORD: My/o Muscle
ROOT WORD: Condr/o Cartilage
ROOT WORD: Crani/o Head
ROOT WORD: Arthr/o Joint
ROOT WORD: Orth/o Correct or Straighten
ROOT WORD: Ostc/o Bone
ROOT WORD: Cervic/o Neck
ROOT WORD: Thorac/o Chest
ROOT WORD: Trache/o Windpipe
ROOT WORD: Pulmon/o Lungs
ROOT WORD: Pneum/o Air or Lungs
ROOT WORD: Bronch/o Bronchus
ROOT WORD: Cerebr/o Cerebrum
ROOT WORD: Encephal/o Brain
ROOT WORD: Neur/o Nerve
ROOT WORD: Rhin/o Nose
ROOT WORD: Opthalm/o Eye
ROOT WORD: Ot/o Ear
ROOT WORD: Nephr/o Kidneys
ROOT WORD: Cyst/o Urinary Bladder
ROOT WORD: Hyster/o Uterus
ROOT WORD: Ovari/o Ovary
ROOT WORD: Urethr/o Urethra
ROOT WORD: Aden/o Gland
ROOT WORD: Hist/o Tissue
ROOT WORD: Umbilic/o Umbilical Cord
ROOT WORD: Adren/o Adrenal
ROOT WORD: Lymph/o Lymph Fluid
ROOT WORD: Abdomin/o Abdominal Cavity
ROOT WORD: Path/o Disease
ROOT WORD: Dermat/o Skin
SUFFIX: -itis Inflammation
SUFFIX: -pathy Disease
SUFFIX: -ology Study of
SUFFIX: -ectomy Cut Out
SUFFIX: -tomy Cut Into
SUFFIX: -ostomy Form New Opening
SUFFIX: -plasty Surgicial Repair of
SUFFIX: -scope Instrument to View
SUFFIX: -algia Pain
SUFFIX: -osis Condition or Process
SUFFIX: -metra Uterus
Word Terminals that turn ROOT WORDS into Adjectives -ic, -al, -ical, -ac
Word Terminals that turn ROOT WORDS into Nouns -y, -ia, -um, -is, -a
Created by: Isabel.Burg
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