Question | Answer |
-er, -ist | one who |
-iatrician | practitioner |
-logist | one who studies; specialist |
-ac, -al, -ic, -logic, -logical | pertaining to |
-iatrics, -iatry | medical profession or treatment |
-logy | study or science of |
cardi/o | heart |
crin/o | to secrete |
dermat/o | skin |
esthesi/o | feeling or sensation |
gastr/o, enter/o | stomach, intestines |
ger/a, ger/o, geront/o | elderly |
gynec/o | female |
immun/o | immune |
ne/o, nat/o | new, birth |
neur/o | nerve |
obstetr/o | midwife |
onc/o | tumor |
opthalm/o | eye |
ort/o, | straight |
ped/o | child |
ot/o | ear |
laryng/o | ear, larynx |
path/o | disease |
ped/o | child (sometimes foot) |
psych/o | mind |
radi/o | radiation (sometimes radius) |
rheumat/o | rheumatism |
rhin/o | nose |
ur/o | urinary tract (sometimes urine) |
-centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid |
-ectomy | excision (surgical removal or cutting out) |
-lysis | process of loosening, freeing, or destroying |
-pexy | surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position) |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture (uniting a wound by stitches) |
-scopy | visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure) |
-stomy | formation of an opening |
-tome | an instrument used for cutting |
-tomy | incision (cutting into tissue) |
-tripsy | surgical crushing |
aden/o | gland |
angi/o | vessel |
append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
bi/o | life or living |
blephar/o | eyelid |
cerebr/o, enchephal/o | brain |
chir/o | hand |
col/o | colon or large intestine |
cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o | skin |
faci/o | face |
hepat/o | liver |
mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
muscul/o, my/o | muscle |
myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
oste/o | bone |
pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o | lungs |
tonsil/o | tonsil |
trache/o | trachea (windpipe |
vas/o | vessel |
-algia, -dynia | pain |
-cele | hernia |
-ectasia, -ectasis | dilation |
-edema | swelling |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | condition of the blood |
-ia, -iasis | condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-lith | stone or calculus |
-malacia | soft, softening |
-mania | excessive preoccupation |
-magaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency |
-phobia | abnormal fear |
-ptosis | prolapse |
-rrhage | excessive bleeding or hemmorrhage |
-rrhea | flow or discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | twitching, cramping |
-stasis | stopping, controlling |
-able, -ible | capable of, able to |
-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic | pertaining to |
-ase | enzyme |
-eum, -ium | membrane |
-ia, -ism | condition or theory |
-iac | one who suffers |
-opia | vision |
-ose | sugar |
-ous | pertaining to or characterized by |
-y | state or condition |
hemat/o | blood |
lact/o | milk |
lip/o | fat |
lith/o | stone |
micro- | small |
muc/o | mucus |
prote/o, protein/o | protein |
pyr/o | fire |
mono-, uni- | one |
bi-, di- | two |
tri- | three |
quad-, quadri-, tetra- | four |
centi- | one hundred or one-hundreth |
mili- | one-thousandth |
diplo- | double |
hemi-,semi- | half, partly |
hyper- | excessive, more than normal |
hypo- | beneath or below normal |
multi-, poly- | many |
nulli- | none |
pan- | all |
primi- | first |
super-, ultra- | excessive |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
ante-, pre- | before in time or in place |
circum-, peri- | around |
dia- | through |
ecto-, ex- | out, without |
exo-, extra- | away from |
en-,end-,endo- | inside |
epi- | above, on |
hypo-, infra-, sub- | beneath, under |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
meso-, mid- | middle |
para- | near, beside, abnormal |
per- | through or by |
post- | after, behind |
retro- | behind, backward |
super-, supra- | above, beyond |
sym-, syn- | joined together |
trans- | across |
ante-, pre-, pro- | before |
post- | after or behind |
macro-, mega-, megalo- | large or great |
micro- | small |
a-, an- | no, not, without |
in- | not or inside |
anti-, contra- | against |
brady- | slow |
dys- | bad, difficult |
eu- | good, normal |
mal- | bad |
pro- | favoring, supporting |
tachy- | fast |
alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o | white |
chlor/o | green |
cyan/o | blue |
erythr/o | red |
melan/o | black |
xanth/o | yellow |
cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
gen/o | beginning, origin (sometimes genes) |
-genic | produced by or in |
-genesis | producing or forming |
gram/o | to record |
-gram | a record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-graph | instrument for recording |
kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis | movement, motion |
leps/o, -lepsy | seizure |
lys/o | destruction/ dissolving |
-lysin | that which destroys |
-lysis | the process of destroying |
-lytic | capable of producing destruction |
malac/o | soft, softening |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megal/o | large, enlarged |
-megaly | enlargement |
-metr/o | measure, uterine tissue |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-metry | process of measuring |
path/o, -pathy | disease |
phag/o- | eat/ingest |
-phagia, -phagic, -phagy | eating, swallowing |
phas/o, -phasia | speech |
pleg/o, -plegia | paralysis |
schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o, -schisis | split, cleft |
scler/o | hard |
-sclerosis | hardening |
scop/o | to examine, view |
-scope | instrument used for viewing |
-scopy | process of examining visually |
troph/o, -trophic, -trophy | nutrition |
aer/o | air |
blast/o | embryonic form |
cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer |
cephal/o | head |
cry/o | cold |
crypt/o | hidden |
dips/o | thirst |
electr/o | electricity |
fibr/o | fiber |
hist/o | tissue |
myc/o | fungus |
narc/o | stupor |
necr/o | dead |
optic/o, opt/o | vision |
pharmac/o | drugs, medicine |
phon/o | voice |
phot/o | light |
py/o | pus |
therm/o | heat |
top/o | position, place |
trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
ech/o, son/o | sound |
electr/o | electricity |
fluor/o | emitting or reflecting light |
radi/o | radiant energy |
tom/o | to cut |
ultra- | excessive |
algesi/o | sensitivity to pain |
chem/o | chemical |
pharmac/o, pharmaceut/i | drugs or medicine |
plast/o | repair |
therapeut/o | treatment |
tox/o | poison |
-therapy | treatment |
anter/o | anterior (nearer to or toward the front; ventral) |
poster/o | posterior (nearer to or toward the back; dorsal; situated behind) |
ventr/o | ventral (belly side; same as anterior surface in human beings) |
dors/o | dorsal (directed toward or situated on the back side; same as posterior surface in human beings) |
medi/o | medial/median (middle or nearer the middle, the prefix mid- means middle) |
later/o | lateral (toward the side, denoting a position farther from the midline of the body or from a structure) |
super/o | superior (uppermost or above) |
infer/o | inferior (lowermost or below) |
proxim/o | proximal (nearer the origin or point of attachment) |
dist/o | distal (far or distant from the origin or point of attachment) |
cephal/o | cephalad (toward the head) |
caud/o | caudad (toward the tail or in an inferior direct in human beings) |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
acr/o | extremities (arms and legs) |
blephar/o | eyelid |
cyst/o | cyst, bladder, or sac |
dactyl/o | digit (toes, fingers, or both) |
lapar/o | abdominal wall |
omphal/o | umbilicus (navel) |
onych/o | nail |
pelv/i | pelvis |
periton/o | peritoneum |
som/a, somat/o | body |
thorac/o | chest (thorax) |
crin/o, -crine | secrete |
dacry/o, lacrim/o | tear, tearing, crying |
-emia | condition of the blood |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
hidr/o | sweat or perspiration |
hydr/o | water |
lymph/o | lymph (sometimes refers to lymphatics) |
muc/o | mucus |
-poiesis | production |
-poietin | substance that causes production |
py/o | pus |
sial/o | saliva (sometimes refers to salivary glands) |
ur/o | urine (sometimes refers to urinary tract) |
anesthesia | loss of feeling, as to an area of skin |
bradycardia | lowered heart rate |
bradypnea | abnormally slow breathing rate |
cachexia | significant loss of appetite, resulting in loss of weight and muscle mass |
dyspnea | difficulty breathing |
edema | swelling, commonly, abnormal accumulation of fluid beneath the skin |
emesis | vomiting |
epistaxis | nosebleed |
febrile | feverish |
hemoptysis | coughing up blood |
hypesthesia | diminished sensation, as to an area of skin |
icterus, jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin due to increased bilirubin levels |
paresis | muscle weakness, without complete loss of function |
paresthesia | feeling of numbness, as to an area of skin |
syncope | feeling of lightheadedness, feeling faint |
tachycardia | elevated heart rate |
tachypnea | increased breathing rate |
dysphagia | difficulty swallowing |