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