Medical Terminoolgy 101
adip/o
Combining Form Meaning: Fat
anter/o
Combining Form Meaning: before, front
caud/o
Combining Form Meaning: lower part of body, tail
aden/o
Combining Form Meaning: gland
poster/o
Combining Form Meaning:, Behind, toward the back
cephal/o
Combining Form Meaning:, Head
cyt/o, -cyte
Combining Form Meaning:, cell
hist/o
Combining Form Meaning:, Tissue
endo-
Prefix meaning: within, inner, on the inside
dys-
Prefix meaning: Bad, difficult, painful
hypo-
Prefix meaning: Below, Deficient, Decreased
hyper-
Prefix meaning: excessive, increased
exo-
Prefix meaning: out of, outside, away from
path/o, -pathy
Root/Suffix meaning , disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
plas/i, plas/o, -plasia
Root/Suffix meaning, development, growth, formation
-otomy
Suffix meaning, Cut into, incision into
-itis
Suffix meaning, INFLAMMATION
-plasty
Suffix meaning, SURGICAL REPAIR
-osis
Suffix meaning, abnormal condition or disease
-rrhea
Suffix meaning, flow or discharge
-algia
Suffix meaning, pain, suffering, painful condition
-ostomy
Suffix meaning, surgical creation of an opening
-rrhaphy
Suffix meaning, surgical suturing
-rrhexis
Suffix meaning, Rupture
-ologist
Suffix meaning, Specialist
-ectomy
Suffix meaning, Surgical removal, cutting out, excision.
-ology
Suffix meaning, The Study Of
-sclerosis
Suffix meaning, abnormal hardening
-rrhage
Suffix meaning, bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
-stasis, -static
Suffix meaning, control, maintaining a constant level