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Med Term Basics

Basic Prefixes, Roots, & Suffixes

QuestionAnswer
arthr/o joint
cardi/o heart
enter/o small intestine
gastr/o stomach
hepat/o liver
neur/o nerve
hem/o, hemat/o blood
my/o, muscul/o muscle
angi/o, vaso, vascul/o vessel
derm/o, dermato, cutaneo skin
pneum/o, pulmon/o lung
path/o disease
gen/o creation
sten/o narrowing
myc/o fungus
scler/o hard
-ac, -al, -ary, -ous, -ic, -ar, -eal pertaining to
-ia, -osis, -ism condition of
-ickle, -ole, -ule small
-algia, -dynia pain
-emia blood condition
-lysis loosen or breakdown
-megaly enlargement
-penia deficiency
-rrhage excessive flow
-spasm involuntary contraction
-graph instrument used to produce a record
-scope instrument used to look
-scopy process of looking
-ectomy removal
-plasty reconstruction or surgical repair
-stomy creation of an opening
-tomy incision or cut
a- no, not, without
anti- against
brady- slow
tachy- fast
peri- around
trans- through
intra-, endo- inside
epi- upon
sub- beneath
inter- between
hyper- over
hypo- under
oligo- few
dys- bad, difficult, painful
poly- many
extra- outside
dia- trough
de- down, away
what is a root? basic meaning of a term. medical terms can have multiple roots.
what is a prefix? adds meaning to the beginning of a word
what is suffix? adds meaning to the end of a word
what is a combining vowel? adds a root to a root OR a root to a suffix
what is a combining form? root + combining vowel.
what direction do you read a medical term? from rear to front
what should you do if a suffix begins in a vowel? do not use a combining vowel
-ium structure or tissue
-pnea breathing
Created by: anashburn
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