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Med term ch 1

roots/prefixes/suffixes and other terms

TermDefinition
Gen/ o JIN-oh Creation, cause
Hydr / o HAI-droh Water
Morph / o MOR-foh Change
Myc / o MAI-koh Fungus
Necr / o NEK-roh Death
Orth / o OR-thoh Straight
Path / o Pah-thoh Suffering, disease
Phag / o FAY-goh Eat
Plas / o PLAS-oh Formation
Py / o PAI-oh Pus
Scler / o SKLEH-roh Hard
Sten / o STIH-noh Narrowing
Troph / o TROH-foh Nourishment / development
Xen / o ZEE-noh Foreign
-ac Adjective; Pertaining to
-AL Adjective; Pertaining to
-ar Adjective; Pertaining to
-ary Adjective; Pertaining to
-eal Adjective; Pertaining to
-ic Adjective; Pertaining to
-tic Adjective; Pertaining to
-tic Adjective; Pertaining to
-ous Adjective; Pertaining to
-ia Noun; condition
-ism Noun; condition
-ium Noun; tissue, structure
-y Noun; condition, procedure
-icle Diminutive; small
-ole Diminutive ; small
-ule Diminutive ; small
-ule Diminutive ; small
-ula Diminutive ; small
-tomy (combo of what? Break down?) Root; Tom/o = to cut Suffix; -y Cutting procedure
-ectomy Removal procedure
-iatrics Professional term; medical science
-iatry Professional term; medical science
-iatrist Professional term; specialist in medicine of
-ist Professional term; specialist
-logist Professional term; specialist in study of
-logy Professional term ; study of
-algia AL-jah Condition ; pain
-dynia Condition ; pain DAI-nee-ah
- cele SEEL Condition ; hernia (a bulging of tissue in area where it doesn’t belong)
-emia EE-mee-ah Condition; blood condition
-iasis AI-ah-sis Condition; Presence of
-itis AI-tis Inflammation
-lysis Lih-sis Condition; loosen, break down
-malacia Mah-LAY-shah Condition; Abnormal softening
-megaly MEH-gah-lee Condition; enlargement
-oid OYD Condition; resembling
-oma OH-mah Condition; tumor
-osis OH-sis Condition; condition
-pathy pah-thee Condition; disease
-penia PEE-nee-ah Deficiency
-ptosis puh-TOH-sis Condition; drooping
-rrhage RIJ Condition; excessive flow
-rrhea REE-ah Condition; flow
-rrhexis REK-sis Condition; Rupture
-spasm SPAZ-um Condition; involuntary contraction
arthr / o joint
cardi / o heart
enter / o small intestine
gastr / o stomach
hepat / o liver
neur/o nerve
hem/o blood
hamat/o blood
my/o muscle
muscul/o muscle
angi/o vessel (most commonly refers to blood vessel, but can also refer to other types of vessels as well)
vas/o vessel
vascul/o vessel
derm/o skin
dermat/o skin
cutane/o skin
pneum/o lung
pneumon/o lung
pulmon/o lung
-centesis Test; puncture
-gram Test; written record
-graph Test; instrument used to produce a record
-graphy Test; writing procedure
-meter Test; instrument used to measure
-metry Test; process of measuring
-scope Test; instrument used to look
-scopy Test; process of looking
-desis Treatment; binding, fixation
-ectomy Treatment; removal
-pexy Treatment; surgical fixation
-plasty Treatment; reconstruction
-rrhaphy Treatment; suture
-stomy Treatment; creation of an opening
-tomy Treatment; incision
Plural of -a I.E Vertebra -ae Vertebrae
Plural of -ax I.E Thorax -aces Thoraces
Plural of -ex I.E Cortex -ices Cortices
Plural of -ix I.E Appendix -ices Appendices
Plural of -is I.E neurosis -es Neuroses
Plural of -ma I.E sarcoma -mata Sarcomata
Plural of -on i.E spermatozoon -a Spermatozoa
Plural of -um IE datum -a Data
-us IE nucleus -i Nuclei
-y IE biopsy -ies Biopsies
a- and an- not
anti- against
contra- against
de- down, away from
ante- before
pre- before
pro- before, on behalf of
brady- slow
tachy- fast
post- after
re- again
ab- away
ad- toward
circum- around
peri- around
dia- through
trans- through
e- out
ec- out
ex- out
ecto- outside
exo- outside
extra- outside
en- in, inside
endo- in, inside
intra- in, inside
epi- upon
sub- beneath
inter- between
bi- two
hemi- half
semi- half
hyper- over
hypo- under
macro- large
micro- small
mono- one
uni- one
oligo- few
pan- all
poly- many
multi- many
con- with, together
syn- with, together
sym- with, together
dys- bad
eu- good
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