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Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Slow | Brady |
| Fast | lTachy |
| Excessive, Above Normal | Hyper |
| Below Normal, Deficient | Hypo |
| Around, Surrounding | Peri |
| Within, Inside | Endo |
| Outside, External | Ecto |
| Between | Inter |
| Within | Intra |
| Under, Below | Sub |
| Above, Over | Supra |
| Across, Through | Trans |
| Before | Pre |
| After | Post |
| Difficult, Abnormal, Painful | Dys |
| Without, Absence | A |
| Without, Absence of Without Vowels | An |
| Two, Double | Bi |
| One, Single | Uni |
| Liver | Hepat |
| Heart | Cardi |
| Nerve | Neur |
| Stomach | Gastr |
| Skin | Derm |
| Bone | Oste |
| Joint | Arthr |
| Kidney | Nephr |
| Blood | Hemat |
| Lung | Pulmon |
| Cell | Cyt |
| Muscle | My |
| Head | Cephal |
| Chest | Thorac |
| Abdomen | Abdomin |
| Eye | Ophthalm |
| Ear | Ot |
| Nose | Rhin |
| Mind | Psych |
| Tumor/Cancer | Onc |
| Inflammation | itis |
| Surgical Removal | ectomy |
| Study Of | ology |
| Pain | algia |
| Blood Condition | emia |
| Tumor, Mass | oma |
| Abnormal Condition | osis |
| Disease | pathy |
| Surgical Repair | plasty |
| Bursting Forth of Blood | rrhage |
| Flow, Discharge | rrhea |
| Visual Examination | scopy |
| Surgical Creation of an Opening | stomy |
| Incision, Cutting Into | tomy |
| Urine Condition | uria |
| Enlargement | megaly |
| Deficiency | penia |
| Breakdown, Destruction | lysis |
| Producing, Causing | genic |
| process of Recording | graphy |