Word Parts - Medical Terminology Part 1
Terms
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- a
- no, not, without, lack of, apart
- ab
- away from
- ad
- toward, near
- ambi
- both
- an
- no, not, without, lack of
- ana
- up
- ant
- against
- ante
- before
- anti
- against
- apo
- seperation
- astro
- star-shaped
- auto
- self
- bi
- two, double
- bin
- twice
- brachy
- short
- brady
- slow
- cac
- bad
- cata
- down
- centi
- a hundred
- chromo
- color
- circum
- around
- con
- with, together
- contra
- against
- de
- down, away from
- deca
- ten
- di (a)
- through, between
- dia
- through, between
- dif
- apart, free from, seperate
- dipl
- double
- di (s)
- two, apart
- dis
- apart
- dys
-
bad, difficult
painful - ec
- out, outside, outer
- ecto
- out, outside, outer
- em
- in
- en
- within
- end
- within, inner
- endo
- within, inner
- ep
- upon, over, above
- epi
- upon, over, above
- eso
- inward
- eu
- good, normal
- ex
- away from, out
- exo
- out, away from
- extra
- outside, beyond
- hemi
- half
- heter
- different
- hetero
- different
- homo
- similar, same
- homeo
-
similar, same
likeness, constant - hydr
- water
- hydro
- water
- hyp
- below, deficient
- hyper
- above, beyond, excessive
- hypo
- below, under, deficient
- in
- in, into, not
- infra
- below
- infer
- below
- inter
- between
- intra
- within
- ir (in)
- into
- macro
- large
- mal
- bad
- mega
- large, great
- meso
- middle
- meta
-
beyond, over, between,
change - micro
- small
- milli
- one-thousandth
- mon (o)
- one
- mono
- one
- multi
- many, much
- neo
- new
- nulli
- none
- olig
- little, scanty
- oligo
- little, scanty
- pan
- all
- par
- around, beside
- para
- beside, alongside, abnormal
- per
- through
- peri
- around
- poly
- much, many excessive
- post
- after, behind
- pre
- before
- primi
- first
- pro
- before
- proto
- first
- pseudo
- false
- pyro
- fire
- quadri
- four
- quint
- five
- re
- back
- retro
- backward
- semi
- half
- sub
- below, under, beneath
- supra
- above, beyond
- super
- above, beyond
- sym
- together
- syn
- together, with
- tachy
- fast
- tetra
- four
- tri
- three
- trans
- across
- ultra
- beyond
- uni
- one
- agor/a
- market place
- -able
- capable
- -ac
- pertaining to
- -ad
- pertaining to
- -age
- related to
- -al
- pertaining to
- -algesia
- pain
- -algia
- pain
- -ant
- forming
- -ar
- pertaining to
- -ary
- pertaining to
- -ase
- enzyme
- -asthenia
- weakness
- -ate
- use, action
- -ate(d)
- use, action
- -betes
- to go
- -blast
-
immature cell,
germ cell - -body
- body
- -cele
- hernia, tumor, swelling
- -centesis
- surgical puncture
- -ceps
- head
- -cide
- to kill
- -clasia
- a breaking
- -clave
- a key
- -cle
- small
- -clysis
- injection
- -cope
- strike
- -crit
- to seperate
- -culture
- cultivation
- -cusis
- hearing
- -cuspid
- point
- -cyesis
- pregnancy
- -cyst
- bladder
- -cyte
- cell
- -dermis
- skin
- -desis
- binding
- -dipsia
- thirst
- -drome
- a course
- -dynia
- pain
- -ectasis
- dilatation, distention
- -ectasy
- dilation
- -ectomy
- surgical excision
- -edema
- swelling
- -emesis
- vomitting
- -emia
- blood condition
- -ergy
- work
- -esthesia
- feeling
- -form
- shape
- -fuge
- to flee
- -er
- relating to, one who
- -gen
- formation, produce
- -genes
- produce
- -genesis
- formation, produce
- -genic
- formation, produce
- -glia
- glue
- -globin
- protein
- -grade
- a step
- -graft
- pencil, grafting knife
- -gram
-
a weight, mark
record - -graph
- to write, record
- -graphy
- recording
- -hexia
- condition
- -ia
- condition
- -iasis
- condition
- -ic
- pertaining to
- -idle
- having a particular quality
- -in
- chemical, pertaining to
- -ine
- pertaining to
- -ing
- quality of
- -ion
- process
- -ism
- condition
- -ist
-
one who specializes
agent - -ive
- nature of, quality of
- -ity
- condition
- -kinesia
- motion
- -kinesis
- motion
- -lalia
- to talk
- -lemma
- a sheath, rind
- -lepsy
- seizure
- -lexia
- diction
- -liter
- liter
- -lith
- stone
- -logy
- study of
- -lymph
- clear fluid
- -lysis
-
destruction to
seperate - -malacia
- softening
- -mania
- madness
- -megaly
- enlargement, large
- -meter
- instrument to measure
- -metry
- measurement
- -mnesia
- memory
- -morph
- form, shape
- -noia
- mind
- -oid
- resemble
- -ole
- opening
- -oma
- tumor
- -omion
- shoulder
- -on
- pertaining to
- -one
- hormone
- -opia
- eye, vision
- -opsia
- eye, vision
- -opsy
- to view
- -or
- one who, a doer
- -ory
- like, resemble
- -orexia
- appetite
- -ose
- like
- -osis
- condition
- -ous
- pertaining to
- -pathy
- disease
- -penia
- lack of, deficiency
- -pepsia
- to digest
- -pexy
- surgical fixation
- -phagia
- to eat
- -phasia
- to speak
- -pheresis
- removal
- -phil
- attraction
- -philia
- attraction
- -phobia
- fear
- -phoresis
- to carry
- -phragm
- a fence
- -phraxis
- to obstruct
- -phylaxis
- protection
- -physis
- growth
- -plakia
- plate
- -plasia
- formation, produce
- -plasm
- a thing formed, plasma
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -plegia
- stroke, paralysis
- -pnea
- breathing
- -poiesis
- formation
- -praxia
- action
- -ptosis
- prolapse, drooling
- -ptysis
- to spit
- -puncture
- to pierce
- -rrhage
- to burst forth
- -rrhagia
- to burst forth
- -rrhaphy
- suture
- -rrhea
- flow, discharge
- -rrhexis
- rupture
- -scope
- instrument
- -scopy
- to view, examine
- -sepsis
- decay
- -sis
- condition
- -some
- body
- -spasm
- tension, spasm, contraction
- -stalsis
- contraction
- -stasis
- control stopping
- -staxis
- dripping, trickling
- -sthenia
- strength
- -stomy
- new opening
- -systole
- contraction
- -taxia
- order
- -therapy
- treatment
- -thermy
- heat
- -tic
- pertaining to
- -tome
- instrument to cut
- -tomy
- incision
- -tone
- tension
- -troph(y)
- nourishment, development
- -trophy
- nourishment, development
- -ure
- process
- -um
- tissue
- -uria
- urine
- -y
-
condition, pertaining to
process