Med terms for Ross Medical School
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| neur/o | a nerve cell/nervous system
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| path/o | disease
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| -algia | pain
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| -dynia | pain
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -logy | study of/specialty of
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| -path/y | disease
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| -cele | protrusion/hernia
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| -ectasis/-ectasia | expansion or dilation
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| -emia | blood
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| -iasis | presence of/formation of
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| -malacia | softening
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -oma | tumor
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| -osis | conditin
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| -penia | reduction of size or quantity
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| -plasia | abnormal formation
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| -ptosis | downward displacement
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| -rrhage | flowing forth
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| -rrhea | discharge
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -spasm | muscular contraction
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| -pnea | breath/respiration
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| -centesis | surgical puncture
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| -desis | surgical binding
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| -ectomy | surgical removal
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| -gen, -genic, -genesis | origin/producing
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| -gram | written or pictorial record
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| -graph | device for graphic or pictorial recording
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| -graphy | act of graphic or pictorial recording
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| -meter | device for measuring
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| -metry | act of measuring
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| -pexy | surgical fixation
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -rrhaphy | suture
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| -scope | device for viewing
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| -scopy | act of viewing
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| -tomy | incision
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| -tripsy | crushing
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| -cyte | cell
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| -edema | excessive fluid in intracellular tissues
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| -emesis | vomitting
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| -globin | the protein of hemoglobin
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| -iasis | indicating a condition
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| -ism | indicating a condition, practice or doctrine
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| -lith | a stone, calculus, calcification
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| -lysis | disintegration
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| -mania | a morbid impulse toward a specific object or thought
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| -opsy | visual examination
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| -phobia | fear
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| -poiesis | producing/formation
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| -sclerosis | hard/hardness
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| -sis | condition
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| -stasis | level/unchanging
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| -stenosis | narrowed/blocked
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| -stomy | permanent opening
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| -tome | instrument for cutting
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| ab- | away from/outside of/beyond
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| ad- | toward/near to
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| ante-, pre- | before
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| anti- | against/opposed
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| bi- | two
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| brady- | abnormally slow
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| con-, sym-, syn- | with
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| contra- | against
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| dia- | across/through
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| dys- | bad/difficult
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| ec-, ecto- | outside
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| en-, endo- | inside
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| epi- | upon/subsequent to
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| ex-, exo- | outside
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| extra- | beyond
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| hemi-, semi- | half
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| hyper- | above/beyond normal
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| hypo- | below/below normal
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| infra- | inside or below
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| inter- | between
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| intra- | inside
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| macro- | big
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| meso- | middle
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| meta- | beyond
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| micro- | small
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| mono-, uni- | one
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| neo- | new
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| olig-, oligo- | a few
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| pan- | everywhere
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| para- | alongside/like
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| post- | after
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| quadri- | four
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| retro- | backward/behind
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| tachy- | abnormally high
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| tri- | three
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| echo | reverberation of sound
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| electr/o | electrical
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| my/o | muscle
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| ather/o | gruel-like
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| abdomin/o, lapar/o, ceil/o | abdomen
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| anter/o | front
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| crani/o | skull
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| dors/o | back
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| inguin/o | groin
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| later/o | side; away from the midline
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| lumb/o | loin
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| medi/o | middle
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| pelv/i | pelvis
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| poster/o | back
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| proxim/o | near
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| spin/o | spine
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| thorac/o | chest
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| umbilic/o | navel
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| ventr/o | front side; belly
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| cut/o, cutane/o | skin
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| derm/o, dermat/o | skin
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| hidr/o | sweat
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| kerat/o | hard
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| melan/o | black
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| myc/o | fungus
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| onych/o, ungu/o | nail
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| pil/o | hair
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| seb/o | sebum
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| sud/o, sudor/o | sweat
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| trich/o | hair
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| xer/o | dry
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| bx | biopsy
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| ID | intradermal
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| I & D | incision and drainage
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| SC, subQ | subcutaneous
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| ankyl/o | stiff, mobile
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| arthr/o | joint
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| articul/o | joint
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| burs/o | bursa
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| carp/o | wrist bones
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| chondr/o | cartilage
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| clavicul/o | clavicle, collarbone
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| coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone
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| cost/o | rib
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| crani/o | skull
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| femor/o | femur, thighbone
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| fibr/o | fiber
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| fibul/o | fibula, outer lower leg bone
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| humer/o | humerus, upper arm bone
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| ili/o | ilium, upper pelvic bone section
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| ischi/o | lower pelvic bone section
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| kyph/o | outward curvature of the spine, hump
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| lord/o | forward curvature of the spine, swayback
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| lumb/o | lower back
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| mandibul/o | mandible, lower jawbone
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| maxill/o | maxilla, upper jawbone
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| metacarp/o | hand bones
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| metatars/o | foot bones
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| myel/o | bone marrow
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| orth/o | straight, to straighten
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| oste/o | bone
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| patell/o | patella, kneecap
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| phalang/o | finger and toe bones
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| pubi/o, pub/o | pubis, anterior pelvic bone section
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| radi/o | radius, outer lower arm bone
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| sacr/o | sacrum
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| scapula/o | scapula, shoulder blade
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| spondyl/o | vertebra
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| stern/o | sternum, breastbone
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| tars/o | ankle bones
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| vertebr/o | vertebra
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