Medical terminology

A, -An

No, not, without

e.g. anorexia
Brady-

Slow

e.g. bradycardia
Con-

With, together

e.g. concomitant
Endo-

Inside

e.g. endoscopy
Hyper-

Above, excessive

e.g. hyperglycemia
Hypo-

Deficient(below)

e.g. hypotonic
Iso-

Same, equal

e.g. Isobaric
Neo-

New

e.g. Neoplastic
Peri-

Surrounding

e.g. Pericardium
Tachy-

Fast

e.g. Tachycardia
Adeno-

Gland

e.g. Adenocarcinoma
Adipo-

Fat

e.g. Adipocyte
Angio-

Blood vessel

e.g. Angioplasty
Bucc-

Cheek

e.g. Buccal swab
Cereb-

Brain

e.g. Cerebral
My(o)-

Muscle

e.g. Myocyte
Necro-

Dead

e.g. Necropsy
Nephr-

Kidney

e.g. Nephron
Ot(o)-

Ear

e.g. Otoscope
Ren-

Renal

e.g. Renal cell
Rhino-

Nose

e.g. Rhinoplasty
-algia

Pain

e.g. Myalgia
-cyte

cell

e.g. Adipocyte
-ism

Condition

e.g. Priapism
-megaly

Enlargement

e.g. Cardiomegaly
-oid

Resembling

e.g. Cuboid
-opia

Vison

e.g. Myopia
-osis

Condition

e.g. Stenosis
-pepsia

Digestion

e.g. dyspepsia
-scopy

Visual examination

e.g. Microscopy
-stenosis

Narrowing

e.g. Arteriostenosis

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Medical terminology

Description

A short list of the medical prefixes, suffixes, and root words used for the PTCE exam.

Updated

2018-07-05T21:56:39Z

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