Med Term Chapter 1
hemat/o, hem/o
blood
oste/o
bone
encephal/o
brain
carcin/o
cancerous or cancer
cyt/o
cell
cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
ped/o
child
sarc/o
combining form meaning flesh
thromb/o
combining form meaning to clot, clotting
sect/o
combining form meaning to cut
ur/o
combining form meaning to urinary tract, urine
path/o
disease
ophthalm/o
eye
aden/o
gland
cephal/o
head
cardi/o
heart
enter/o
intestines (usually the small intestine)
arthro/o
joint
nephr/o; ren/o
kidney
gnos/o
knowledge
hepat/o
liver
psych/o
mind
rhin/o
nose
epi-
prefixes meaning above, upon
trans-
prefixes meaning across, through
re-
prefixes meaning back, backward, again
pro-
prefixes meaning before, forward
retro-
prefixes meaning behind
sub-
prefixes meaning below, under
hypo -
prefixes meaning deficient, below, under, less than normal
hyper-
prefixes meaning excessive, above, more than normal
in-
prefixes meaning into, in
a-/ an-
prefixes meaning no, not, without
ex-/exo-
prefixes meaning out, outside of, outward
aut-/auto-
prefixes meaning self, own
prei-
prefixes meaning surrounding, around
dia-
prefixes meaning through, complete
end-/endo-
prefixes meaning within
erythr/o
red
derm/o, dermat/o
skin
log/o
study of
-emia
suffix meaning blood condition
-cyte
suffix meaning cell
-osis
suffix meaning condition, usually abnormal ( slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
-pathy
suffix meaning disease condition
-ectomy
suffix meaning excision, removal
-itis
suffix meaning inflammation
-scope
suffix meaning instrument to visual examination
-algia
suffix meaning pain
-ac/ -al
suffix meaning pertaining to
-ic, -ical
suffix meaning pertaining to
-genic
suffix meaning pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
-ion
suffix meaning process
-tomy
suffix meaning process of cutting, incision
-logy
suffix meaning process of study
-opsy
suffix meaning process of viewing
-y
suffix meaning process, condition
-globin
suffix meaning protein
-gram
suffix meaning record
-ist
suffix meaning specialist
-sis
suffix meaning state of condition
-oma
suffix meaning tumor, mass, swelling
glyc/o
sugar
cis/o
to cut
crin/o
to secrete ( to form and give off)
iatr/o
treatment, physician
onc/o
tumor
cyst/o
urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
leuk/o
white
gynec/o
woman, female
radi/o
x-rays
