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MTFP Terms
Suffixes, Prefixes, Main Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a | without or absence of; no; not; without |
| ab | from; away from |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| acoust | hearing; sound |
| ad | to; toward |
| aden | gland |
| adip | fat |
| ago | abnormal condition |
| -ago | abnormal condition |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| alveol | alveolus; air sac; small sac |
| ambul | walk |
| an | without or absence of; no; not; without |
| -an | pertaining to |
| angi | blood vessel |
| ankyl | crooked; stiff; bent |
| anter | before; front |
| anti | against |
| aort | aorta; largest artery |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| arteri | artery |
| arthr | joint |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| atel | imperfect; incomplete |
| ather | plaque (fatty substance) |
| audi | hearing |
| audit | hearing |
| axill | armpit |
| bacteri | bacteria |
| bi | two |
| blast | developing cell;immature |
| blephar | eyelid |
| brady | slow |
| bronch | bronchus; air passage of the lung |
| burs | (bursa) cushions areas subject to a friction during movement |
| capri | wrist bone |
| capsul | little box |
| carcin | cancerous |
| card | heart |
| cardi | heart |
| caud | tail; lower part of the body |
| caus | burn;burning |
| cele | hernia; tumor swelling |
| -cele | Hernia |
| centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| cephal | head |
| cerebell | cerebellum |
| cerebr | cerebrum;brain |
| cholangi | bile duct |
| Cholecyst | Gallbladder |
| chondr | cartilage |
| Cirrh | Orange-yellow |
| clasis | break |
| cleid | clavicle (collarbone) |
| col | colon; large intestine |
| colon | colon; large intestine |
| concuss | shaken together violently agitated |
| condyl | knob |
| conjunctiv | conjunctiva |
| contus | bruise |
| corne | cornea |
| coron | heart |
| cost | rib |
| crani | cranium (skull) |
| crasia | mixture; blending |
| -cusis | hearing |
| cyan | blue |
| cyst | bladder |
| cyt | cell |
| cyte | cell |
| dacry | tear; tear duct; lacrimal duct |
| dacryocyst | lacrimal apparatus |
| dermat | skin |
| -desis | Fixation of a bone or joint bind together fuse |
| dextr | right |
| dia | thorough; complete |
| dipl | two; double |
| duct | to lead |
| duoden | duodenum |
| -dynia | Pain |
| dys | difficult; labored; painful; abnormal |
| eal | pertaining to |
| ectomy | excision or surgical removal |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| emia | blood condition |
| encephal | brain |
| endo | within |
| enter | small intestines |
| epi | on; upon; over |
| erythr | red |
| esis | abnormal condition |
| eso | inward |
| esthesia | sensation;feeling |
| esthet | feeling; nervous sensation or sense of perception |
| eu | normal; good |
| ex | outside; outward |
| exo | outside; outward |
| fascia | fibrous band; densely woven sheath of connective tissue that supports muscles bones nerves arteries and veins and surrounds virtually every internal organ |
| fibr | fibrous tissue fibers |
| flex | bend |
| ganglion | ganglion |
| gastr | stomach |
| gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| geront | old age; aged |
| gingiv | gums |
| gli | glial cell |
| glomerul | glomerulus |
| gloss | tongue |
| glyc | sugar |
| glycos | sugar |
| gon | seed |
| gram | picture; record (x-ray film) |
| graph | instrument used to record |
| graphy | process of producing a record; xray filming |
| gynec | woman |
| hallux | big toe |
| haversian system | canals that run lengthwise(horizontal) through the bony matrix carrying blood vessels and nerves to all areas of the bone |
| hem | blood |
| hemat | blood |
| hematopoiesis | process of blood formation vital process carried on the the red bone marrow |
| hemi | half |
| hepat | liver |
| hidr | sweat |
| hist | tissue |
| hydr | water |
| hyoid | bone found in the larynx and allows movement of the tongue |
| -hyp | deficienct |
| hypn | sleep |
| hypo | below; incomplete; deficient |
| hyster | uterus |
| ia | abnormal condition disease plural of -ium |
| -ial | pertaining to |
| iasis | abnormal condition |
| ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| Ile | Ileum |
| immun | immune;protection;safe |
| impacted | bone ends are forces together into each others end and occurs when attempting to break a fall |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| infra | under; below |
| intervertebral foramina | openings allowing spinal nerves to pass |
| intra | within |
| -ion | "abnormal condition |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| iri | iris |
| irid | iris |
| irit | iris |
| irregular sesamoid | type of bones |
| ism | abnormal condition |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -ive | performs |
| kerat | horny; hard; cornea |
| kin | movement |
| kines | movement; motion |
| kinesi | movement; motion |
| kyph | hump |
| labyrinth | inner ear |
| lacrim | accessory structures of eye that produce store and remove tears |
| lamella | name of circular rings that surround central canal that contains a blood vessel |
| lamin | lamina (thin; flat plate or layer) |
| lapar | abdomen |
| Laryng | Larynx voice box |
| lepsy | seizure |
| leuk | white |
| Lingu | Tongue |
| lip | fat |
| listhesis | slipping |
| Lith | Stone calculus |
| -lithiasis | Presence of stones |
| lob | lobe |
| long sesamoid | type of bones |
| lord | curve; swayback |
| lymph | lymph; lymphatic tissue |
| lymphaden | lymph node; gland |
| lymphangi | lymph vessel |
| -lysis | Loosening or setting free |
| lytic | destroy; desolve |
| macr | abnormal largeness |
| mal | bad |
| malacia | abnormal softening |
| -malacia | Abnormal softening |
| mamm | breast |
| mandible | site of mental foramen and lower jaw |
| mania | madness; insane desire |
| mast | breast |
| medullary cavity | the hollow area inside the diaphysis of a bone that contains yellow bone marrow |
| megaly | enlargement |
| melan | black |
| mening | membrane;meninges |
| meningi | membrane;meninges |
| -metry | measurement |
| multi | many |
| muscul | muscle |
| my | muscle |
| myc | fungus |
| myel | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| myring | eardrum; tympanic membrane |
| Nas | Nose |
| necr | death (cells; body) |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| neo | new; strange |
| nephr | kidney |
| neur | nerve |
| noct | night |
| ocul | eye |
| odonti | teeth |
| oid | resembling |
| olig | scant; few |
| -ologist | one who studies and practices (specialist) |
| oma | Tumor |
| -oma | Tumor; neoplasm |
| onc | tumor |
| oo | egg; ovum |
| oophor | ovary |
| oorhagia | rapid flow of blood |
| ophthalm | eye |
| opia | vision condition |
| opt | vision |
| Or | Mouth |
| orch | testis; testicle |
| orchi | testis; testicle |
| orth | straight |
| -ory | pertaining to |
| osis | abnormal condition; disease |
| -osis | abnormalCondition |
| oss | bone |
| ost | bone |
| oste | bone |
| osteo | bone |
| osterblasts | what is found in the inner periosteum layer |
| ostomy | surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface |
| ot | ear |
| ous | pertaining to |
| ox | oxygen |
| Ox/i | Oxygen |
| para | beside near |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| patell | (patella) kneecap |
| path | suffering; feeling; emotion |
| pathy | Disease |
| -pathy | suffering; feeling; emotion |
| ped | foot |
| pelv | pelvis; pelvic bone |
| -penia | deficiency; too few |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| Pept | Digestion |
| per | through |
| -pexy | surgical fixation; suspension |
| phac | lens of the eye |
| phag | eat; swallow |
| -phagia | Eating swallowing |
| phak | lens of the eye |
| phalang | bones of the fingers and toes |
| Pharyng | Pharynx throat |
| phasia | speech |
| pheumon | lung air |
| phily | love |
| phleb | vein |
| phobia | abnormal fear or aversion to specific objects or things |
| phobia | irrational fear |
| phon | sound or voice |
| phot | light |
| physis | growth |
| pinn | outer ear |
| -pioetic | pertaining to formation |
| -plakia | plaque |
| plas | formation; development; a growth |
| -plasia | formation; development; a growth |
| -plasm | formative material of cells; growth |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| plegia | Paralysis |
| -plegia | paralysis; stroke |
| pleur | pleura (side of body) |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum | lung; air |
| Pneumon | Lung air |
| pod | foot |
| poli | gray matter |
| -porosis | Porous condition |
| post | after |
| poster | back (of body) |
| praxia | in front of; before |
| presby | old age |
| Proct | Rectum and anus |
| prostat | prostate gland |
| protein | protein |
| psych | mind |
| -ptysis | "spitting |
| Pulm | Lung |
| pulmon | lung |
| Py | Pus |
| pyel | renal pelvis |
| radicul | root nerve |
| Rect | Rectum |
| red marrow | site of hematopoiesis in adult |
| ren | kidney |
| retin | retina |
| rhabd | rodshaped striated |
| Rhin | Nose |
| rickets | disease in which childrens bones fail to calcify |
| rrhage | bleeding; abnormal excessive discharge |
| rrhagia | bleeding |
| rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| rrhea | flow; discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| salping | fallopian (uterine) tube |
| sarc | flesh; connective tissue |
| scler | sclera |
| sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| scoli | curved; bent |
| scopic | visual examination |
| -scopy | Visual examination |
| sesamoid | type of bones |
| short sesamoid | type of bones |
| Sigmoid | Sigmoid colon |
| simple or closed | fracture in which the bone breaks cleanly but doesn't penetrate the skin |
| sinus | sinus |
| somn | sleep |
| Spir | To breathe |
| spiral | common in sports fracture that is a ragged break due to excessive twisting forces |
| splen | spleen |
| spondyl | vertebrae; vertebral column |
| staphyl | grapelike clusters |
| -stasis | control; maintenance of constant level |
| -static | control; maintenance of constant level |
| steat | fat |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| stern | sternum (breastbone) |
| steth | chest |
| stomat | mouth |
| -stomy | surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface |
| styloid process | a sharp needlelike projection is just inferior to the external auditory meatus many neck muscles use the is process as an attachment point |
| sub | under; below |
| syn | together; joined |
| synovi | synovial membrane or fluid; lube |
| system | system |
| tax | coordination order |
| ten | tendon |
| tend | tendon |
| tendin | tendon |
| tens | stretch out |
| thorac | thorax (chest) |
| -thorax | chest |
| thromb | clot |
| thym | thymus gland |
| thyr | thyroid gland |
| tibi | (tibia) lower leg bone |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| tome | instrument used to cut |
| -tomy | Cutting into the organ or area |
| ton | tone; stretching tension |
| tonsill | tonsils |
| tox | poison; poisonous |
| Trache | Trachea; windpipe |
| tri | three |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| trop | turn; change |
| tropic | having an affinity for |
| tympan | eardrum; middle ear; tympanic membrane |
| ur | urine; urinary tract |
| ureter | ureter |
| urethr | urethra |
| -uria | urine; urination |
| vagin | vagina |
| vas | vessel; duct |
| vascul | blood vessel |
| ven | vein |
| vertebr | vertebra |
| vesic | bladder; sac |
| xer | dry |
| albin | white |
| cutane | skin |
| derm | skin |
| -derma | skin |
| hidr | sweat |
| ichthy | dry; scaley |
| lip | lipid fat |
| onych | nails; fingernail and toenail |
| opt | eye; vision |
| par | beside; near |
| -phyma | growth |
| pil | hair |
| rhytid | wrinkles |
| seb | sebum; sweat glands |
| ungu | fingernail; toenail |
| urtic | rash; hives |
| nulli | none |
| oxi | swift |
| primi | first |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| gen | producing |
| -tocin | labor |
| -tropin | to stimulate |
| adren | adrenal gland |
| balan | glans penis |
| cervic | cervix |
| colp | vagina |
| crypt | hidden |
| crin | to secrete |
| glyc | glocose; sugar |
| gonad | sex gland |
| gluc | glucose; sugar |
| gynec | female |
| lact | milk |
| men | menstruation |
| metr | uterus |
| nat | birth |
| orchid | testicles |
| ovari | ovaries |
| pancreat | pancreas |
| parathyroid | parathyroid glands |
| pen | penis |
| phall | penis |
| pineal | pituitary gland |
| pituitar | pituitary gland |
| son | Sound |
| steth | Chest |
| tom | to slice |
| alges | pain |
| ech | sound |
| fluor | glowing |
| pharmac | drugs |
| pyret | fever |
| radi | radiation; x-ray |
| trans | across through |
| ultra | beyond excess |
| -crit | to separate |
| -globin | protein |
| -scope | instrument for visual exam |
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