Medical Terminology Thiel

-malacia

Abnormal sofening

Post-

After

Re-

Again

Anti- contra-

Against

Pan-

All

Abrupt

All of a sudden

Circum- peri-

Around

Ab-

Away

Dys-

Bad

Ante- pre-

Before

Pro-

Before on behalf of

Sub-

Beneath

Inter-

Between

-desis

Binding

-emia

Blood condition

Morph/o

Change

-ia -ism

Condition

-osis

Condition

-y

Condition process

-stomy

Creation of an opening

Necr/o

Death

-penia

Deficiency

-pathy

Disease

De-

Down away from

-ptosis

Dropping

Xer/o

Dry

Phag/o

Eat

-megaly

Enlargement

-rrhage -rrhagis

Excessive flow

Tachy-

Fast

Oligo-

Few

-rrhea

Flow

Xen/o

Foreign

Plas/o

Formation

Myc/o

Fungus

Gen/o

Generation cause

Exacerbation

Getting worse

Chronic

Going on for a while now

Eu-

Good

Hemi- Semi-

Half

Scler/o

Hard

-cele

Hernia

-tomy

Incision

-itis

Inflammation

En- endo- intra-

Inside

-scope

Instrument used to look

-meter

Instrument used to measure

-Graph

Instrument used to produce a record

-spasm

Involuntary contractions

Macro-

Large

-lysis

Loosen break down

Poly- multi-

Many

-iatrics -iatry

Medical science

Progressive

More and more each day

Sten/o

Narrowing

A- an-

Not

Malaise

Not feeling well

Noncontributory

Not related to this specific problem

Troph/o

Nourishment development

Mono- uni-

One

E- ec- ex-

Out

Ecto- exo- extra-

Outside

Hyper-

Over

-algia -dynia

Pain

-ac -al -ar -ary -eal -ic -tic -ous

Pertaining to

-iasis

Presence of

-scopy

Process of looking

-metry

Process of measuring

-graphy

Process of recording

-centesis

Punture

Py/o

Pus

-plasty

Reconstruction

-ectomy

Removal

-rrhexis

Repture

-oid

Resembling

Acute

Sharp, severe symptom, just started

Brady-

Slow

-icle -ole -ule -ula

Small

Micro-

Small

Symptom

Something a patient feels

-Ist

Specialist

-iatrist

Specialist in the medicine of

-logist

Specialist in the study of

Orth/o

Straight

-logy

Study of

Path/o

Suffering disease

-pexy

Surgical fixation

-rrhaphy

Suture

Dia- trans-

Through

-ium

Tissue structure

Febrile

To have a fever

Afebrile

To not have a fever

Ad

Toward

-oma

Tumor

Bi-

Two

Hypo-

Under

Epi-

Upon

Hydr/o

Water

Con- syn- sym-

With together

-gram

Written record