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PHRD5065 - Medical Terminology

  1. a-
    no, not, without
  2. ab-
    away from
  3. ad-
    toward
  4. an-
    not, without
  5. ante-
    before
  6. contra-
    against
  7. de-
    down, from, reversing
  8. di-
    twice
  9. dys-
    bad, difficult, painful
  10. epi-
    above, upon
  11. ex-
    out, without, away from
  12. extra-
    outside
  13. hemi-
    half
  14. in-
    in, inside, negative
  15. multi-
    many
  16. neo-
    new
  17. nulli-
    none
  18. peri-
    around
  19. ploy-
    many
  20. post-
    after, behind
  21. pre-
    before
  22. pseudo-
    false
  23. retro-
    backward, behind
  24. super-
    above, excess
  25. supra-
    above
  26. trans-
    across, through
  27. bi-
    two
  28. brady-
    slow
  29. dys-
    bad, difficult, painful
  30. en-
    in, inside
  31. eu-
    normal, good
  32. hyper-
    excessive, more than normal
  33. hypo-
    beneath, below normal
  34. abdomen/o
    abdomen
  35. acr/o
    extremity
  36. arter/o, arteri/o
    artery
  37. bi/o
    life, living
  38. carcin/o
    cancer
  39. cardi/o
    heart
  40. cheil/o
    lip
  41. chir/o
    hand
  42. crani/o
    cranium, skull
  43. cyan/o
    blue
  44. dactyl/o
    digit (finger, toe)
  45. dent/o
    tooth
  46. derm/a, dermat/o
    skin
  47. dips/o
    thirst
  48. electr/o
    electricity
  49. esthesi/o
    sensation of feeling
  50. fruct/o
    fruit
  51. fung/o
    fungus
  52. gen/o
    origin, beginning
  53. ger/o, geront/o
    aged, elderly
  54. gingiv/o
    gums
  55. gloss/o
    tongue
  56. glyc/o
    sugar
  57. gram/o
    to print, record
  58. gynec/o
    female
  59. hist/o
    tissue
  60. immun/o
    immune
  61. is/o
    equal
  62. lingu/o
    tongue
  63. medi/o
    middle
  64. myc/o
    fungus
  65. neuro
    nerve
  66. odont/o
    tooth
  67. onc/o
    tumor
  68. opt/o, optic/o
    vision
  69. or/o
    mouth
  70. orth/o
    straight
  71. ot/o
    ear
  72. ophthalm/o
    eye
  73. path/o
    disease
  74. ped/o
    child or foot
  75. pharmac/o
    drugs
  76. phot/o
    light
  77. physi/o
    refers to nature
  78. pleg/o
    paralysis
  79. pneum/o
    lung or air
  80. pneumon
    lung
  81. pod/o
    foot
  82. proct/o
    anus or rectum
  83. proxim/o
    near (proximal)
  84. psych/o
    mind
  85. pulm/o, pulmon/o
    lung
  86. rhin/o
    nose
  87. somat/o
    body
  88. son/o
    sound
  89. steth/o
    chest
  90. stomat/o
    mouth
  91. super/o
    uppermost (superior)
  92. thorac/o
    chest, thorax
  93. tom/o
    to cut
  94. tox/o, toxi/o
    poison
  95. ur/o
    urine, urinary tract
  96. valv/o
    valve
  97. ven/o
    vein
  98. an/o
    anus
  99. angi/o
    vessel
  100. anter/o
    front (anterior)
  101. append/o, appendic/o
    appendix
  102. bacteri/o
    bacteria
  103. cardi/o
    heart
  104. cec/o
    cecum
  105. cephal/o
    head (cephalad)
  106. cervic/o
    neck, cervix, uteri
  107. chrom/o
    color
  108. col/o
    colon
  109. colon/o
    colon
  110. cyt/o
    cell
  111. dipl/o
    double
  112. dist/o
    distant, far (distal)
  113. dors/o
    back side (dorsal)
  114. encephal/o
    brain
  115. fet/o
    fetus
  116. gastr/o
    stomach
  117. glycos/o
    sugar, sweet
  118. hydr/o
    water
  119. hyster/o
    uterus
  120. uter/o
    uterus
  121. hem/a
    blood
  122. hem/o
    blood
  123. hemat/o
    blood
  124. hepat/o
    liver
  125. infer/o
    situated below (inferior)
  126. kary/o
    nucleus
  127. lact/o
    milk
  128. lip/o
    fats
  129. later/o
    side (lateral)
  130. lith/o
    stone, calculus
  131. lumb/o
    lower
  132. lys/o
    destruction, dissolving
  133. macr/o
    large, enlarged
  134. medi/o
    middle (medial, median)
  135. men/o
    menstruation
  136. micr/o
    small
  137. mon/o
    one, single
  138. morph/o
    shape, form
  139. muc/o
    mucus
  140. muscul/o
    muscle
  141. my/o
    muscle
  142. narc/o
    sleep
  143. nas/o
    nose
  144. nat/o
    birth
  145. nephr/o
    kidney
  146. ren/o
    kidney
  147. norm/o
    normal
  148. nos/o
    disease
  149. nucle/o
    nucleus
  150. odont/o
    teeth
  151. olig/o
    few
  152. oohor/o
    ovary
  153. or/o
    mouth
  154. oste/o
    bone
  155. ox/o
    oxygen
  156. par/o
    bearing offspring
  157. phag/o
    to eat
  158. phas/o
    speech
  159. phil/o
    attraction
  160. phon/o
    voice
  161. poster/o
    behind, toward the back
  162. prote/o
    protein
  163. rect/o
    rectum
  164. sclera/o
    hard, hardening
  165. scop/o
    view, examine
  166. som/o
    body
  167. spleen/o
    body
  168. urin/o
    urine
  169. -ac
    pertaining to
  170. -ad
    toward
  171. -al
    pertaining to
  172. -ase
    enzyme
  173. -cyclis
    irrigation, washing out
  174. -crine
    secrete
  175. -cyte
    cell
  176. -dynia
    pain
  177. -eal
    pertaining to
  178. -emia
    blood
  179. -er
    one who
  180. -gram
    a record
  181. -graph
    instrument that records
  182. -graphy
    process of recording
  183. -ia
    condition
  184. -iatric
    medicine
  185. -iatry
    medicine
  186. -ic
    pertaining to
  187. -itis
    inflammation
  188. -ist
    one who
  189. -logy
    study, science of
  190. -logist
    one who studies, specialist
  191. -lysin
    substance that dissolves or destroys
  192. -megaly
    enlargement
  193. -ose
    sugar
  194. -osis
    condition, disease, abnormal increase
  195. -pathy
    disease
  196. -pepsia
    digestion
  197. -plasty
    surgical repair
  198. -pnea
    breathing
  199. -pod
    foot
  200. -poiesis
    production
  201. -scopy
    viewing
  202. -spasm
    cram, twitching
  203. -stasis
    stopping, controlling
  204. -tomy
    cutting, incision of
  205. -algia
    pain
  206. -capnia
    carbon dioxide
  207. -cele
    hemia
  208. -centesis
    surgical procedure
  209. -cidal
    killing
  210. -dynia
    pain
  211. -ectasia
    stretching, dilation
  212. -ectasis
    stretching, dilation
  213. -ectomy
    excision, removal
  214. -emesis
    vomiting
  215. -genic
    origin, beginning
  216. -genous
    origin, beginning
  217. -genesis
    origin, beginning
  218. -iasis
    condition
  219. -iurn
    membrane
  220. -lepsy
    seizure
  221. -lith
    stone
  222. -lysis
    destruction, dissolving
  223. -lytic
    capable of dissolving
  224. -malacia
    softness
  225. -mania
    excessive preoccupation
  226. -meter
    instrument used to measure
  227. -megaly
    enlargement
  228. -metry
    process of measuring
  229. -oid
    resembling
  230. -ole
    little, small
  231. -oma
    tumor, swelling
  232. -opia
    vision
  233. -ous
    pertaining to, characterized by
  234. -pathy
    disease
  235. -enia
    decreased, deficient
  236. -phobia
    abnormal fear
  237. -plasia
    formation, development
  238. -plasty
    surgical repair
  239. -plegia
    paralysis
  240. -pnea
    breathing
  241. -ptysis
    spitting
  242. -rrhea
    flow, discharge
  243. -scope
    instrument used to view or examine
  244. -scopy
    viewing
  245. -stenosis
    stricture, narrowing
  246. -stomy
    artificial opening
  247. -tome
    cutting instrument
  248. -y
    state, condition
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PHRD5065 - Medical Terminology
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