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Common Med terms

Prefixes, suffixes, and root words

QuestionAnswer
Combining forms
nephr/o kidney
gastr/o stomach
col/o colon, large intestine
cardi/o heart
my/o muscle
mamm/o breast
cyst/o pelvis
pelv/o bladder
crani/o cranium (skull)
erythr/o red
Diagnostic suffixes
-algia pain
-emia blood condition
-itis inflammation
-megaly enlargement
-meter measure
-oma tumor, mass
-osis abnormal condition
-pathy disease condition
-rrhagia bursting forth of blood
-rrhea discharge, flow
-sclerosis hardening
-scopy to view
Procedural suffixes
-centesis surgical puncture
-ectomy removal, resection, excision
-gram record
-lysis separation, breakdown, destruction
-pexy surgical fixation
-plasty surgical repair
-rrhaphy suture
-scopy visual examination
-stomy opening
-therapy treatment
-tomy incision, to cut into
Prefixes
a-, an- without
ante- before
anti- against
brady- slow
dys- painful, difficult
endo- inside, within
epi- upon, above
ex- out, out of
hemi- half, partial
hypo- below, deficient
infra- below
inter- between
neo- new
pan- all
para- beside
per- through
poly- many
pre- before, in front of
pseudo- false
Root words
arth joint
cephal head
cholecyst gall bladder
chondro cartilage
colp vagina
derm skin
enter intestine
episi vulva
gastro stomach
gloss tongue
hepato liver
hyster uterus
lapar abdomen
lact milk
lith stone
mast breast
myo muscle
nat birth
oophor ovary
Anatomical directional terms
Coronal, forward vertical plane dividing the body into front and back surfaces
Transverse horizontal plane dividing the body into top and bottom sections
Sagittal vertical plane dividing the body into right and left sides
Medial middle of the body structure
Lateral pertaining to the side
Inferior below
Distal far from origin, away from
Anterior, ventral front of the body surface
Posterior, dorsal back of the body surface
Superior above
Proximal near the origin, closer
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