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Root, Suffix, Prefix

Common Medical Term Root Words, Suffixes, and Prefixes

TermDefinition
cardi/o heart
derm/o skin
enter/o small intestines
bucc/o cheek
lumb/o loin (lower part of the back)
myc/o fungus, mushroom
viv/o life
adip/o, lip/o, steat/o fat
arteri/o artery
arthr/o joint
axill/o armpit
blephar/o eyelid
cephal/o head
cerebr/o, encephal/o cerebrum, brain
cervic/o neck
cholecyst/o gallbladder
col/o large intestine
cost/o rib
crani/o skull
cyst/o urinary bladder
cyt/o cell
derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o skin
esophag/o esophagus
gastr/o stomach
hem/o, hemat/o blood
hepat/o liver
lapar/o abdominal wall
laryng/o larynx, voice box
myel/o spinal cord
my/o, muscul/o muscle
nas/o, rhin/o nose
neur/o nerve
ophthalm/o, ocul/o eye
or/o, stomat/o mouth
oste/o bone
ot/o ear
pancreat/o pancreas
pharyng/o throat
pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulmon/o lung
ren/o, nephr/o kidneys
splen/o spleen
thorac/o chest
thyroid/o thyroid gland
trache/o windpipe, trachea
ven/o, phleb/o vein
vertebr/o vertebra
cyan/o blue
erythr/o red
leuk/o white
melan/o black
poli/o gray
phren/o diaphragm
appendic/o appendix
rect/o, proct/o rectum
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ia, -iac, -ic, -ical, -ose, -ous, -tic pertaining to
-algia pain
-centesis surgical puncture to remove fluid
-cide to kill or destroy
-cyte cell
-ectomy surgical removal of
-emia blood; blood condition
-gram written record
-graph an instrument used to record
-graphy process of recording
-ia condition, especially an abnormal state
-ion condition
-ism condition
-itis inflammation of
-lithiasis presence of or formation of stones
-logy study of
-megaly enlargement
-oid resembling
-oma tumor
-osis abnormal condition or disease
-otomy surgical incision
-pathy disease
-plasty surgical or plastic repair
-plegia paralysis
-pnea breathing, respiration
-rrhaphy surgical suturing
-rrhea draining, flow, discharge,
-rrhexis rupture
-scope instrument used to look
-scopy examination using a scope, process of looking
-sis action, process, state, condition
-stasis stoppage, controlling, standing
-stomy surgically create an artificial opening (mouth or stoma)
a-, an- without, not, absence of
anti- against
auto- self
bi- two, double
brady- slow
dys- bad, difficult, painful, abnormal
epi- over, above, upon
eu- good, normal
hemi- half
hyper- above, excessive
hypo- less than, under
inter- between
intra- within
multi- many
non- not
peri- around, surrounding
poly- many, much
post- after, behind
pre- before, in front
pseudo- false
quadri- four
semi- half
sub- under, below
supra- above, over
tachy- fast, rapid
tri- three
endo- inside
ecto- outside
vascul/o, vas/o, angi/o blood vessel
-meter instrument used to measure
-metry process of measuring
re- again
contra- against
pro- before, on behalf of
de- down, away from
ante- before
gen/o creation, cause
hydr/o water
morph/o change
myc/o fungus
necro death
orth/o straight
path/o suffering, disease
phag/o eat
plas/o formation
py/o pus
scler/o hard
sten/o narrowing
troph/o nourishment, development
xen/o foreign
-icle, -ole, -ule, -ula small, diminutive suffixes
-ia, -ism condition
-ium tissue, structure
-y condition, procedure
-tomy a cutting procedure
tom/o to cut
-ectomy a cutting out procedure or surgical removal
ec- out
-ist specialist
-iatrist specialist in medicine of
-iatrics medical science
-logist specialist in the study of
-logy study of
de- down, away from
ante-, pre- before
pro- before, on behalf of
ab- away
ad- towards
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
oligo- few
pan- all
micro- small
macro- large
mono- one
hemi-, semi- half
con-, syn-, sym- with, together
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