EMS ROOT WORDS

DYS (PREFIX)

DIFFICULT, PAINFUL, ABNORMAL

VARIC (ROOT)

DILATED VEIN

PATH (ROOT)

DISEASE

PATHY (SUFFIX)

DISEASE

PATHY (SUFFIX)

DISEASE OR A SYSTEM FOR TREATING A DISEASE

PHAGIA (SUFFIX)

EATING OR SWALLOWING

MEGALAY (SUFFIX)

ENLARGEMENT

ROOT

ESSENTIAL MEANING, INDICATES BODY PART FREQUENTLY. SOME HAVE MORE THAN ONE

PALPATE (ROOT)

EXAMINE BY TOUCH

OCUL/OPHTHALM (ROOT)

EYE

CEL (ROOT)

HERNIA PROTRUSION

ITIS (SUFFIX)

INFLAMATION EX:

VISCER (ROOT)

INTERNAL ORGANS

PHOBIA (SUFFIX)

IRRATIONAL FEAR

ARTHR (ROOT)

JOINTS

NEPHR (ROOT)

KIDNEYS EX:(NEPHROPATHY) DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS

HEPAT (ROOT)

LIVER EX:(HEPATOMEGALY) ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIVER

PNEUMO(n) (LUNG)

LUNG

PULMON (ROOT)

LUNGS

PNEUM(at) (ROOT)

LUNGS,AIR

POLY (PREFIX)

MANY

METER (SUFFIX)

MEASURING INSTRUMENT

PSYCH (ROOT

MIND EX:(PYSCHOLOGY) STUDY OF THE MIND

STOMAT (ROOT)

MOUTH

MY (ROOT)

MUSCLE

CERVIC (ROOT)

NECK

NEUR (ROOT)

NERVES EX:( NEUROLOGIST) STUDY THE NERVES

HYPO (PREFIX)

UNDER,BELOW NORMAL EX:(HYPOFUSION) LOW BLOOD FLOW TO VITAL ORGANS

ANGI (ROOT)

VESSEL

ASTHENIA (SUFFIX)

WEAKNESS

CARP (ROOT)

WRIST

CEPHAL (ROOT)

HEAD

CARDI (ROOT)

HEART EX:(CARDIAC,TACHYCARDIA) FAST HEART RATE

MAL (ROOT)

ABNORMAL BAD

RRHAGE (SUFFIX) RRHAGIA

ABNORMAL/EXCESSIVE FLOW OR DISCHARGE

SUPRA (PREFIX)

ABOVE, UPPER

TRANS (PREFIX)

ACROSS, THROUGH, BEYOND

POST (PREFIX)

AFTER, BEFORE

CONTRA (PREFIX)

AGAINST, OPPOSITE

BRONCH (ROOT)

AIRWAY

PREFIXES

APPEARS AT THE BEGINNING OF A WORD. GENERALLY DESCRIBES LOCATION AND INTENSITY. PREFIX GIVE THE ROOT SPECIFIC MEANING. NOT ALL TERMS HAVE A PREFIX

BRACHI (ROOT)

ARM

CIRCUM (PREFIX)

AROUND, ABOUT

PRE (PREFIX)

BEFORE

CYST (ROOT)

BLADDER

HEM(at) (ROOT)

BLOOD

SANGUI (ROOT)

BLOOD

ANGIN (ROOT)

BLOOD VESSEL

VAS (ROOT)

BLOOD VESSEL

SOM (Root)

BODY

OSTE (ROOT)

BONE

ENCHEPHAL (ROOT)

BRAIN

CEREBR (ROOT)

BRAIN, CEREBRUM

FRACT (ROOT)

BREAK

PNEA (ROOT)

BREATHING

GEST (ROOT)

CARRY, PRODUCE

THORAC (ROOT)

CHEST EX:(THORACIC) PERTAINING TO THE CHEST

CRANI (ROOT)

CRANIUM, SKULL

SECT (ROOT)

CUT

RRHEA (SUFFIX)

FLOW OR DISCHARGE

POD (ROOT)

FOOT

SCHLER (ROOT)

HARD

TAXIS (SUFFIX)

ORDER, ARRANGEMENTS OF

HYPER (PREFIX)

OVER,EXCESSIVE, HIGH EX:(HYPERVENTALATION) FAST VENTALATIONS

AL (SUFFIX)

PERTAINING TO

IC (SUFFIX)

PERTAINING TO

OSIS (SUFFIX) SIS

PERTAINING TO A DISEASE PROCESS

EMIA (SUFFIX)

PERTAINING TO A SUBSTANCE IN THE BLOOD

CELE (SUFFIX)

PERTAINING TO A TUMOR OR SWELLING

TROPHIC (SUFFIX)

PERTAINING TO NUTRITION

ALGIA (SUFFIX)

PERTAINING TO PAIN

CENTESIS (SUFFIX)

PERTAINING TO PUNCTURING AN ORGAN, OR BODY CAVITY. OFTEN TO DRAIN EXCESS FLUID OR OBTAIN SAMPLE

SUFFIX

PROCEDURE, CONDITION, DISEASE OR PART OF SPEECH

SIS (SUFFIX)

PROCESS, ACTION, OR CONDITION

COR (ROOT)

PUPIL

TACHY (PREFIX)

RAPID,FAST EX:(TACHYCARDIA) FAST HEART RATE

CUTANE (ROOT)

SKIN

DERM(at) (ROOT)

SKIN

BRADY (PREFIX)

SLOW EX:(BRADYPNEA) SLOW BREATHING

STASIS (SUFFIX)

SLOWING OR STOPPING OF NORMAL FLOW OF FLUID

ENTER (ROOT)

SMALL INTESTINE

GASTR (ROOT)

STOMACH

LOGY (SUFFIX)

STUDY OF

GLYC (ROOT)

SUGAR,SWEET

OSTOMY (SUFFIX)

SURGICAL OPENING

ECTOMY (SUFFIX)

SURGICAL REMOVAL OF

PHARYNG (ROOT)

THROAT

AUDI (ROOT)

TO HEAR

OMA (SUFFIX)

TUMOR