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CMA Terminology
Roots, Prefixes, & Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Arth/o | Joint |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Enter/o | Intestines (usually small intestines) |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Neur/o | Nerves |
| Hem/o | Blood |
| Hemat/o | Blood |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Muscul/o | Muscle |
| Angi/o | Vessel |
| Vas/o | Vessel |
| Vascul/o | Vessel |
| Derm/o | Skin |
| Dermat/o | Skin |
| Cutane/o | Skin |
| Pneum/o | Lung |
| Pneumon/o | Lung |
| Gen/o | Creation/Cause |
| Hydr/o | Water |
| Morph/o | Change |
| Myc/o | Fungus |
| Necr/o | Death |
| Path/o | Suffering/Disease |
| Orth/o | Straight |
| Phag/o | Eat |
| Plas/o | Formation |
| Py/o | Pus |
| Scler/o | Hard |
| Sten/o | Narrowing |
| Troph/o | Nourishment/Development |
| Xen/o | Foreign |
| -ac | Pertaining to |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -ar | Pertaining to |
| -ary | Pertaining to |
| -eal | Pertaining to |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| -tic | Pertaining to |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -ia | Condition |
| -ism | Condition |
| -ium | Tissue; Structure |
| -y | Condition; Procedure |
| -icle | Small |
| -ole | Small |
| -ule | Small |
| -ula | Small |
| -iatrics | Medical Science |
| -iatry | Medical Science |
| -iatrist | Specialist in Medicine of |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -logist | Specialist in Study of |
| -logy | Study of |
| -algia | Pain |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -cele | Hernia (a bulging of tissue in an area it does not belong) |
| -emia | Blood Condition |
| -iasis | Presence of |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -lysis | Loosen; Break Down |
| -malacia | Abnormal Softening |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -osis | Condition |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -ptosis | Drooping |
| -rrhage | Excessive flow |
| -rrhagia | Excessive flow |
| -rrhea | Flow |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -spasm | Involuntary Contraction |
| -centesis | Puncture |
| -gram | Written Record |
| -graph | Instrument used to record |
| -graphy | Using the instrument; Written Procedure |
| -meter | Instrument used to measure |
| -metry | Process of measuring |
| -scope | Instrument used to look |
| -scopy | Process of looking |
| -desis | Binding; Fixation |
| -ectomy | Removal |
| -pexy | Surgical Fixation |
| -plasty | Reconstruction; Surgical Repair |
| -rraphy | Suture |
| -stomy | Creation of an opening |
| -tomy | Incision |
| A- | No; Not; Without |
| An- | No; Not; Without |
| Anti- | Against |
| Contra- | Against |
| De- | Down; Away From |
| Ante- | Before |
| Pre- | Before |
| Pro- | Before or 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 |
| Many- | Many |
| Con- | With; Together |
| Syn- | With; Together |
| Sym- | With; Together |
| Dys- | Bad; Painful, Difficult |
| Eu- | Good |
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