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MEDICAL II TERMS
MEDICAL II PREFIXES, SUFFIXES AND WORD ROOTS
| TERM | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | without, lack of |
| ab- | from, away |
| -able | capable of |
| -ac, -ic | pertaining to |
| acr-(o) | extremities (arms & legs) |
| ad- | to toward, near |
| aden-(o) | gland, glandular |
| adren-(o) | adrenal gland |
| aer-(o) | air |
| -al | like, similar, pertaining to |
| alba- | white |
| alges-(i,ia) | pain |
| -algia | pain |
| ambi- | both, both sides |
| an-(o,us) | anus (opening to rectum) |
| angi-(o) | vessel |
| ankyl- | crooked, looped, immovable, fixed |
| ante-(ro) | before, in front of, ahead of |
| anti- | against |
| append-(i,o) | appendix |
| arter-(io) | artery |
| arthr-(o) | joint |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asis | condition of |
| -asthenia | weakness, lack of strength |
| ather-(o) | fatty, lipid |
| audi-(o) | sound, hearing |
| aur- | ear |
| auto- | self |
| bi-(s) | twice, double, both |
| bio- | life |
| -blast | germ/embryonic cell |
| blephar-(o) | eyelid |
| brachi- | arm |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch-(i,o) | air tubes in lungs |
| bucc-(a) | cheek |
| calc-(u,ulus) | stone |
| carcin-(o) | cancer, malignancy |
| cardi-(a,o) | pertaining to heart |
| carp-(o) | wrist |
| -cele | swelling, tumor, cavity, hernia |
| cent-(i) | one hundred |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| cephal-(o) | head, pertaining to head |
| cerebro- | brain |
| cerv-(ic) | neck, neck of uterus |
| cheil-(o) | lip |
| chem-(o) | drug, chemical |
| chir-(o) | hand |
| chlor-(o) | green |
| chol-(e,o) | bile, gallbladder |
| chond-(i,r,ri) | cartilage |
| chrom-(o) | color |
| -cide | causing death |
| circum- | around,about |
| -cise | cut |
| -clysis | washing, irrigation |
| co-(n) | with, together |
| -coccus | round |
| -coele | chamber, enlarged space |
| col-(in,o) | colon, bowel, large intestine |
| colp-(i,o) | vagina |
| contra- | against, counter |
| cost-(a,i,o) | rib |
| crani- | pertaining to the skull |
| -crine | secrete |
| cryo- | cold |
| crypt- | hidden |
| cut- | skin |
| cyan-(o) | blue |
| cyst-(i,o) | bladder, bag, sac |
| cyt-(e,o) | cell |
| dacry- | tear duct, tear |
| dactyl-(o) | finger, toe |
| dec-(a,i) | ten |
| demi- | half |
| dent-(i,o) | tooth |
| derm-(a,at,o) | pertaining to skin |
| -desis | surgical union or fixation |
| dextr-(i,o) | to the right |
| di-(plo) | double, twice |
| dia- | through, between, part |
| dis-(ti,to) | seperation, away from |
| dors-(i,o) | to the back, back |
| duoden-(o) | duodenum |
| dyni-(a,c) | pain |
| dys- | difficult, painful, bad |
| e-(c) | without |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| ec-(ti,to) | outside, external |
| -ectasis | expansion, dilation, stretching |
| -ectomy | surgical removal of |
| electr-(o) | electrical |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -emia | blood |
| encephal-(o) | brain |
| endo- | within, innermost |
| enter-(i,o) | intestine |
| epi- | upon, oner, upper |
| erythro- | red |
| -esis | condition of |
| -esthesia | sensation, perception, feel |
| eu- | well, easy, normal |
| ex-(o) | outside of, beyond |
| faci- | face |
| -fascia | fibrous band |
| -ferous | producing |
| fibr-(a,i,o) | fiber, connective tissue |
| fore- | in front of |
| -form | having the form of, shape |
| -fuge | driving away, expelling |
| galacto- | milk, galactose (milk sugar) |
| gast-(i,ro) | stomach |
| -genesis | development, production, creation |
| -genetic, -genic | origin, producing, causing |
| genito- | organs of reproduction |
| -genous | kind, type |
| geront-(o) | old age, elderly |
| gingiv- | gums, gingiva |
| gloss-(o) | tongue |
| gluc-(o) | sweetness, sugar, glucose |
| gly-(co) | sugar |
| -gram | tracing, picture, record |
| -graph | diagram, instrument for recording |
| gyn-(ec,o) | woman, female |
| hem-(a,ato,o) | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepat-(o) | liver |
| herni- | rupture |
| hetero- | other, unlike, different |
| hist-(o) | tissue |
| hom-(eo,o) | same, like |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper- | excessive, high, over, increased, more than normal |
| hypno- | sleep |
| hypo- | decreased, deficient, low, under, less than normal |
| hyster-(o) | uterus |
| -ia, -iasis | condition of, abnormal/pathological state |
| -ic, -ac | pertaining to |
| idio- | peculiar to an individual, self-originating |
| ile-(o,um) | ileum |
| infra- | beneath, below |
| intra- | within, into, inside |
| -ism | condition, theory, state of being |
| iso- | equal, allike, same |
| -itis | inflammation, inflammation of |
| kerat-(o) | cornea of eye |
| -kinesis, -kinectic | motion |
| labi-(a,o) | lip |
| lacrima- | tears |
| lact-(o) | milk |
| lapar-(o) | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| laryng-(o) | larynx (voicebox) |
| latero- | side |
| -lepsy | seizure, convulsion |
| leuco-,leuko- | white |
| lingu-(a,o) | tongue |
| lip-(o) | fat, lipids |
| lith-(o) | stone, calculus |
| -logy | study of, science of |
| lymph-(o) | lymph tissue |
| -lys(is,o) | destruction, dissolving of |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad, abnormal, disordered, poor |
| malac-(ia) | softening of a tissue |
| mamm-(o) | breast, mammary glands |
| -mania | insanity, mental disorder |
| mast-(o) | breast |
| med-(i) | middle, midline |
| -megaly, mega- | large, enlarged |
| melan-(o) | black |
| mening-(o) | membranes covering the brain and spinal cord |
| meno- | monthly, menstruation |
| mes-(o) | middle, midline |
| -meter | measuring instrument, measure |
| -metry | measurement |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one, single |
| -mortem | death |
| muc-(o,us) | mucus, secretion of mucous membrane |
| multi- | many, much, a large amount |
| my-(o) | muscle |
| myc-(o) | fungus |
| myel-(o) | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| myring-(o) | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
| nare-(o) | sleep, numb, stupor |
| nas-(o) | nose |
| -natal | birth |
| necr-(o) | death |
| neo- | new |
| neph-(r,ro) | kidney |
| neur-(o) | nerve, nervous system |
| noct-(i) | night, at night |
| non- | no, none |
| ocul-(o) | eye |
| -ode, -oid | form, shape, like, resembling |
| odont-(o) | tooth |
| olig-(o) | few, less than normal, small |
| -ologist | person who does/studies |
| -ology | study of, science of |
| -oma | tumor, a swelling |
| onco- | mass, bulk, tumor |
| oophor-(o) | ovary, female egg cell |
| ophthalm-(o) | eye |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsy | to view |
| opt-(ic) | vision, eye |
| or-(o) | mouth |
| orch-(ido) | testicle, testes |
| -orrhea | flow, discharge |
| orth-(o) | normal, straight |
| ost-(e,eo) | bone |
| -oscopy | diagnostic examination |
| -osis | condition, state, process |
| ot-(o) | ear |
| -otic | pertaining to a condition |
| -otomy | cutting into |
| -ous | full of, containing, pertaining to, condition |
| ovi-,ovario- | egg,female sex gland, ovary |
| pan- | all, complete, entire |
| pancreat-(o) | pancreas |
| para- | near, besdide, beyond, abnormal, lower half of the body |
| -pareses | paralysis |
| -partum | birth, labor |
| path-(ia,o,y) | disease, abnormal condition |
| ped-(ia) | child |
| -penia | lack of, abnormal reduction in number, deficiency |
| pent-(a) | five |
| -pepsia, -pepsis | digestion |
| per- | through, by, excessive |
| peri- | around |
| -pexy | fixation |
| phag-(o) | eat, ingest |
| -phage, -phagia | to eat, consuming, swallow |
| pharayng-(o) | pharynx,throat |
| -phas, -phasia | speech |
| -philia, -philic | affinity for, attracted to |
| phleb-(o) | vein |
| -phobia | fear |
| phon-(o) | sound, voice |
| -phylaxis | protection, prevention |
| -plasty | surgical correction or repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| pleuro- | side, rib |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum-(o,on) | lung, pertaining to the lungs, air |
| pod-(e,o) | foot |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pro- | in front of, foward |
| proct-(o) | rectum, rectal, anus |
| psora- | itch |
| pseudo- | false |
| psych-(i,o) | pertining to the mind |
| -ptosis | drooping down, sagging, downward displacement |
| pulmon-(o) | lung |
| py-(o) | pus |
| pyel-(o) | renal pelvis of kidney |
| pyr-(o0 | heat, fever |
| quad-(ra,ri) | four |
| radi-(o) | X-rays, radiation |
| re- | back, again |
| rect-(o) | rectum |
| ren-(o) | kidney |
| retro- | backward, in back, behind |
| rhin-(o) | nose, pertaining to the nose |
| -rraphy | suture of, sewing up of a gap or defect |
| -rrhagia | sudden or excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture of, bursting |
| salping-(i,o) | tube, fallopian tube |
| sanguin-(o) | blood |
| sarc-(o) | malignant(cancer) connective tissue |
| -sarcoma | tumor, cancer |
| scler-(o) | hardening |
| -sclerosis | dryness or hardness |
| -scope | examining instrument |
| -scopy | observation |
| -sect | cut |
| semi- | half, part |
| sep-(ti) | poison, rot, infection |
| sinistr-(o) | left |
| soma-(t) | body |
| son-(o) | sound |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| sperm-(ato) | spermatozoa, male germ (sex) cell |
| splen-(o) | spleen |
| -stasis | stoppage, maintaining a constant level |
| steno- | contracted, narrow |
| stern-(o) | sternum, breast bone |
| stoma-(t) | mouth |
| -stomy | artificial opening |
| sub- | less, under, below |
| sup-(er,ra) | above, upon, over, higher in position |
| sym-, syn- | joined, fused, together |
| tach-(o,y) | rapid, fast |
| ten-(do,o) | tendon |
| tetra- | four |
| -therapy | treatment |
| therm-(o,y) | heat |
| thorac-(o) | thorax, chest |
| thromb-(o) | clot, thrombus |
| thym-(o) | thymus gland |
| thyr-(o) | thyroid gland |
| -tome | instrument that cuts |
| -tox(ic) | poison |
| trach-(e,i,o) | trachea, windpipe |
| trans- | across, over, beyond |
| tri- | three |
| trich-(o) | hair |
| -trips(y) | crishing by rubbing or grinding |
| -throphy | nutrition, growth, development |
| tympan-(o) | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| uni- | one |
| ur-(o) | urine, urinary tract |
| ureter-(o) | ureter (tube from kidney to bladder) |
| urethr-(o) | urethra (tube from bladder to urinary meatus) |
| -uria | urine |
| uter-(o) | uterus, womb |
| vas-(o) | vessel, duct |
| ven-(a) | vein |
| ventro- | to the front, abdomen |
| verebr-(o) | spine, vertebrae |
| vesic-(o) | urinary bladder |
| viscer-(o) | internal organs |
| vit-(a) | necessary for life |
| xanth-(o) | yellow |
| -xenia | strange,abnormal |
| zoo- | animal |
| zymo- | enzymes |
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