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Medical Terms Ch 1
Greek and Latin Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-ac -al -ar -ary -eal -ic -tic -ous | pertaining to |
-la -ism | condition |
-lum | tissue, structure |
-y | condition, procedure |
-icle -ole -ule -ula | small |
-iatrics | medical science |
-iatry | specialist in medicine of |
-ist | specialist |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | study of |
-algia -dynia | pain |
-cele | hernia |
-emla | blood condition |
-iasis | presence of |
-itis | inflammation |
-lysis | loosen break down |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-old | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency |
-ptosis | drooping |
-rrhage -rrhagia | excessive flow |
--rrhea | flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
-centesis | puncture |
-graph | instrument used to produce a record |
-graphy | writing procedure, process of recording |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-metry | process ofmeasuring |
-scope | instrument used to look |
-scopy | process of looking |
-desis | binding, fixation |
-ectomy | removal |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | reconstruction |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-stomy | creation of an opening |
-tomy | incision |
a- an- | not |
anti- contra- | against |
de- dee- | down, away from |
ante- pre- | before |
pro- | before, on behalf of |
brady- | slow |
tachy- | fast |
post- | after |
re- | again |
ab- | away |
ad- | toward |
circum- peri- | around |
dia- trans- | through |
e- ec- ex- | out |
ecto- exo- extra- | outside |
en- endo- intra- | in, inside |
epi- | upon |
sub- | beneath |
inter- | between |
bi- | two |
hemi- semi- | half |
hyper- | over |
hypo- | under |
macro- | large |
micro- | small |
mono- uni- | one |
pan- | all |
poly- multi- | many |
oligo- | few |
con- syn- sym- | with, together |
dys- | bad |
eu- | good |
angi/o vas/o vascul/o | blood vessel |
artho/o | joint |
cardi/o | heart |
derm/o dermat/o cutane | skin |
enter/o | small intestine |
gastro/o | stomach |
gen/o | generation, cause |
hem/o hemat/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
hydro/o | water |
morph/o | change |
muscul/o my/o | muscle |
myc/o | fungus |
necr/o | death |
neur/o | nerve |
orth/o | straight |
path/o | suffering, disease |
phag/o | eat |
plas/o | formation |
pneum/o pneumon/o pulmon/o | lung |
py/o | pus |
scler/o | hard |
sten/o | narrowing |
troph/o | nourishment, development |
xen/o | foreign |
rhin/o | nose |