ITMW - A&P - Chapter 3 Medical Terminology - Prefixes, Roots, Suffixes, &
Terms
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- A-, an-
- Without or not
- Ab-
- Away from
- Acr(o)-
- Extremity, tip
- Ad-
- Toward
- Alba-
- White
- Ambi-
- Both, on sides
- Ana-
- Upward, backward, excessive, through
- Andr(o)-
- Male
- Ankyl(o)-
- Crooked, fused, stiff
- Ante-
- Before, forward
- Anti-
- Against, opposed
- Audi-
- Hear
- Auto-
- Self
- Bi-
- Double, two
- Bio-
- Life, living matter
- Brach-
- Short
- Brady(o)-
- Slow, short, dull
- Carcin(o)-
- Cancer, malignant
- Cata-
- Down, negative, under, against, lower
- Caud-
- Tail, inferior
- Cent(i)-
- Hundred
- Chron(i, o, us)-
- Time, long time
- Circum-
- Around
- Contra-
- Against, opposite
- Counter-
- Against, opposite
- Cry(mo, o)-
- Cold
- De-
- Down, from, away from, not
- Dext-
- Right
- Di-
- Two, double, twice
- Dia-
- Across, through, apart
- Dis-
- Separation, away from
- Febr(i, o)-
- Fever, boil
- Fract-
- Break, broken
- Fund-
- Base, bottom
- Gen-
- Beginning, origin, produce
- Gluc-
- Sweet, sugar, glucose
- Gyn(a, e, eco, o)-
- Female
- Hemi-
- Half
- Heter-
- Other, different
- Hol-
- Whole, all
- Hom(eo, o)-
- Unchanged, alike, same
- Hyg(ei, ie)-
- Health
- Hyper-
- Excessive, too much, high
- Hypo-
- Under, decreased, less than normal
- Iatr(o)-
- Physician
- Idio-
- Distinct, peculiar to the individual
- Immuno-
- Protection
- In-
- In, into, within, not
- Infra-
- Within
- Intro-
- Into, within
- Iso-
- Equal, like, identical
- Juxta-
- Adjoining, near to
- Kyph(o)-
- Bend, hump
- Lact(o)-
- Milk
- Later(al, o)-
- Side
- Leuk-
- White
- Levo-
- Left
- Macro-
- Large
- Mal-
- Bad, illness, disease
- Mega-
- Large
- Onc(o)-
- Tumor, mass
- Orth(o)-
- Straight, normal, correct
- Osm(o)-
- Smell, odor
- Oxy-
- Sharp, acute, acid
- Palp-
- Touch, feel
- Pan-
- All
- Para-
- Abnormal, near
- Path(o)-
- Disease, suffering
- Pept(o)-
- Digestion
- Per-
- By, through
- Peri-
- Around
- Phag(o)-
- Eat, consume
- Pharmaco-
- Drugs, poison, medication
- Physio-
- Natural, physical agents
- Poly-
- Many, much
- Post-
- After, behind
- Pre-
- Before, in front of, prior to
- Pro-
- Before, in front
- Pseudo-
- False
- Quadr(a, i)-
- Four
- Re-
- Again
- Retro-
- Backward
- Schist(o)-
- Split, divided
- Scler(o)-
- Hard
- Semi-
- Half
- Sepsi-
- Putrid, rotten
- Son(o)-
- Sound
- Steno-
- Contracted, narrow
- Strat(i)-
- Layer
- Sub-
- Under
- Super-
- Above, over, excess
- Supra-
- Above, over
- Therm-
- Warm
- Tort(i, o)-
- Twisted
- Tract-
- Pull down
- Trans-
- Across
- Ultr(a, o)-
- Escessive, extreme, beyond
- Uni-
- One
- Zyg(o, us)-
- Yoke, join, together
- Dys-
- Bad, difficult, abnormal
- Ecto-
- Outer, outside
- En-
- In, into, within
- Endo-
- Inner, inside
- Epi-
- Over, on, upon
- Eryth-
- Red
- Esthesi-
- Sensation
- Etio-
- Cause
- Ex-
- Out, out of, from, away from
- Micro-
- Small
- Mono-
- One, single
- Morph(o)-
- Form, shape
- Multi-
- Many
- Necr(o)-
- Death, destruction, corpse
- Neo-
- New
- Noct(i, o)-
- Night
- Non-
- Not
- Olig-
- Small, scanty
- Abdomin(o)-
- Abdomen
- Aden(o)-
- Gland
- Adren(o)-
- Adrenal gland
- Angi(o)-
- Vessel
- Arteri(o)-
- Artery
- Bronch(o)-
- Bronchus, bronchi
- Card-, cardi(o)-
- Heart
- Cephal(o)-
- Head
- Chondr(o)-
- Cartilage
- Col(o)-
- Colon
- Cost(o)-
- Rib
- Crani(o)-
- Skull
- Cyan(o)-
- Blue
- Cyst(o)-
- Bladder, cyst
- Derma-
- Skin
- Duodend(o)-
- Duodenum
- Encephal(o)-
- Brain
- Enter(o)-
- Intestines
- Fibr(o)-
- Fiber, fibrous
- Gastr(o)-
- Stomach
- Gloss(o)
- Tongue
- Gyn-, gyne-, gynec(o)-
- Woman
- Hem-, hema-, hem(o)-, hemat(o)-
- Blood
- Hepat(o)-
- Liver
- Hydr(o)-
- Water
- Hyster(o)-
- Uterus
- Ile(o)-, ili(o)-
- Ileum
- Laryng(o)-
- Larynx
- Mamm(o)-
- Breast, mammary gland
- Mast(o)-
- Mammary gland, breast
- Men(o)-
- Menstruation
- My(o)-
- Muscle
- Myel(o)-
- Spinal cord, bone marrow
- Nephr(o)-
- Kidney
- Neur(o)-
- Nerve
- Ocul(o)-
- Eye
- Ophthalm(o)-
- Eye
- Oste(o)-
- Bone
- Ot(o)-
- Ear
- Ped(o)-
- Child, foor
- Pharyng(o)-
- Pharynx
- Phleb(o)-
- Vein
- Pnea-
- Breathing, respiration
- Pneum(o)-
- Lung, air, gas
- Proct(o)-
- Rectum
- Psych(o)-
- Mind
- Pulm(o)-
- Lung
- Py(o)-
- Pus
- Rect(o)-
- Rectum
- Rhin(o)-
- Nose
- Salping(o)-
- Eustachian tube, uterine tube
- Splen(o)-
- Spleen
- Sten(o)-
- Narrow, constriction
- Stern(o)-
- Sternum
- Stomat(o)-
- Mouth
- Therm(o)-
- Heat
- Thorac(o)-
- Chest
- Thromb(o)-
- Clot, thrombus
- Thyr(o)-
- Thyroid
- Tox(o)-
- Poison
- Toxic(o)-
- Poison, poisonous
- Trache(o)-
- Trachea
- Ur(o)-
- Urine, urinary tract, urination
- Urethr(o)-
- Urethra
- Urin(o)-
- Urine
- Uter(o)-
- Uterus
- Vas(o)-
- Blood vessel, vas deferens
- Ven(o)-
- Vein
- Vertebr(o)-
- Spine, vertebrae
- -able
- Capable of, suitable for
- -ago
- Disease
- -algesia
- Pain
- -algia
- Pain
- -ase
- Enzyme
- -asis
- State or condition of, usually abnormal
- -cele
- Hernia, herniation, pouching
- -cide
- Kill, causing death
- -cule
- Very small
- -cyte
- Cell
- -dom
- State of being
- -duct
- Tube, channel
- -eal
- Pertaining to
- -ease
- Condition
- -ectasis
- Dilation, streching
- -ectomy
- Excision, removal of
- -ema
- Swelling, distention
- -emesis
- Vomiting
- -emia
- Blood condition
- -ferent
- Bear, carry
- -feron
- To strike
- -form
- Shape, structure
- -genesis
- Development, production, creation
- -globin
- Protein
- -gram
- Record
- -graph
- Diagram, recording instrument
- -graphy
- Making a recording
- -hood
- State, quality of, condition
- -iasis
- Condition of
- -ician
- One skilled in, one who practices
- -ism
- Condition
- -itis
- Inflammation
- -ity
- Quality of, state of
- -ive
- Having power to, that which performs
- -ize
- To treat by a special method
- -kenesis
- Motion
- -lemma
- Sheath, covering
- -logy
- The study of
- -lysis
- Destruction of, decomposition
- -malacia
- Softening
- -megaly
- Enlargement
- -oid
- Form, like, resemble
- -oma
- Tumor
- -opsy
- View of
- -osis
- Condition
- -otomy
- Cutting into
- -paresis
- Paralysis
- -pathy
- Disease
- -penia
- Lack, deficiency
- -phobia
- An exaggerated fear
- -phylaxis
- Protection
- -plasty
- Surgical repair or reshaping
- -plegia
- Paralysis
- -pnea
- To breathe
- -porosis
- Passage
- -ptosis
- Falling, sagging, dropping, down
- -rrhage, -rrhagia
- Excessive flow
- -rrhea
- Profuse flow, discharge
- -sclerosis
- Dryness, hardness
- -scoliosis
- Curvature, crooked
- -scope
- Examination instrument
- -scopy
- Examination using a scope
- -sepsis
- Putrefaction