Medical Terminology Chapter 1 , 2 , 3,4

abdomin/o

abdomen

-iasis

abnormal condition (produced by something specific)

-osis

abnormal condition; increase (commonly w/ blood cells

-metry

act of measuring

post-

after, behind

anter/o

anterior front

dors/o

back (of body)

poster/o

back(of body), behind, posterior

pre-, pro-

before, in front

ventro/o

belly,belly side

-desis

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

melan/o

black

-emia

blood condition

-rrhage, -rrahgia

bursting forth (of)

-phoresis

carrying

chordr/o

cartilage

cyt/o

cell

thorac/o

chest

-esis, -ia, -ism

condition

crani/o

cranium (skull)

-tripsy

crushing

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-pathy

disease

dipl-, diplo-

double

xer/o

dry

ichthy/o

dry, scaly

-ectomy

excision, removal

dist/o

far, farthest

adip/o, lip/o, steat/o

fat

primi-

first

-pexy

fixation (of an organ)

-plasm

formation, growth

-stomy

forming an opening (mouth)

-gen , -genesis

forming, producing, orgin

myc/o

fungus

inguin/o

groin

pil/o, trich/o

hair

scler/o

hardening; sclera (white of eye)

cephal/o

head

-cele

hernia, swelling

kerat/o

horny tissue , hard;cornea

ili/o

ilium (lateral flaring portion of hip bone)

-tomy

incision

-itis

inflammation

-scope

instrument for examining

-meter

instrument for measuring

-graph

instrument for recording

-tome

instrument to cut

-spasm

involuntary contraction, twitching

marco-

large

lumb/o

loins (lower back)

infer/o

lower, below

-iatry

medicine, treatment

medi/o

middle

onych/o

nail

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

proximo/o

near, nearest

cevic/o

neck, cervix uteri (neck of cervix)

nucle/o

nucleus

mono-, uni-

one

-dynia

pain

-plegia

paralysis

pelv/i

pelvis

circum-

peri, around

-ac , -al , -ar, -ary, -ic, -ile, -ous

pertaining to

-graphy

process of recording

-gram

record, writing

-oid

resembling

-rrhexis

rupture

homeo-, homo-

same

squam/o

scale

seb/o

sebum, subaceous

-lysis

separation; destruction; loosening

later/o

side, to one side

cutaneo/o, derma/o, derm/o

skin

micro-

small

-ician , -ist

specialists

-logist

specialists in the study of...

spin/o

spine

gastr/o

stomach

-lith

stone, calculus

-logy

study of....

-centesis

surgical puncture

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture

hidr/o, sudor/o

sweat

-edema

swelling

caud/o

tail

dia-, trans-

through, across

hist/o

tissue

-ad

toward

-therapy

treatment

-oma

tumor

umbilici/o

umbilicus, naval

super/o

upper,above

-scopy

visual examination

-emesis

vomiting

albin/o

white

a-, an-

without, not