Medical Prefix
a -, an ab ad aden al amyl angio ankyl ante anti arterio arthro asthen aud-, aur bar-.
bi brachio brady bronchi-, broncho buccal carcin cardio carpo caud centi cephalo cerebro cervic chiro -.
chole cholecyst
chondro circum col colp contra cort coxa costo cranio cubitus cut -
Laymen's Terms
without
away from
toward
gland
like,similar
starch
vessel (blood)
crooked, looped
before
against
artery
joint
weakness, lack
ear, hearirig
weight
both,two
arm
slow
bronchial
cheek
cancer
heart
wrist
tail
hundredth (100th)
head
brain
neck
hand
bile
gallbladder
cartilage
around
colon
vagina
against
covering
hip
ribs
skull
elbow, forearm
skin
Medical Prefix
leuko lingua lip lith lymph macro mamm-, mastmelan mening meno -, mens meso metro micro milli mono myelo myo myx nares-/nas natus neo nephro neuro ocul odont onych oophoro ophthal or orchid ortho osteo oto ovario ovi pan para part ped -, podpaed peri -
Laymen's Terms
white
tongue
fat
stone
fluid
large
breast
black
membrane
menstruate
middle
uterus, womb
small
thousandth (1000th)
one, single
spinal cord
muscle
mucus
nose, nostrils
birth
new
kidney
nerve
eye
tooth
finger, toe nail
ovary
eye
mouth, bone
testes
straight
bone
ear, hearing
ovary
egg
all
beside
birth, labour
foot
child
around
Medical Prefix
cysto cyt-, cyte deci dent derma diplo dors dys ecto edem encephal endo
entero epi erythro faci fascia gastro genu gingiva gloss gravid
gyne hemi haemo hepato hydro hyper hypo hyster ile ili inter intra iri kerat kilo labia lacto lapar laryng -
Laymen's Terms
bladder, sac
cell
tenth (10th)
tooth
skin
double
back
painful, abdominal
outside
swelling (fluid)
brain
inside, within
intestine
upper, above
red
facies, face
band (fibrous)
stomach
knee
gums
tongue
pregnant
woman
half
blood
liver
water
excessive
deficient
uterus, womb
intestine (part)
hip bone
between
inside
iris (eye)
cornea; scaly
thousand
lip
milk
abdomen
larynx
Medical Prefix
phleb phrenic pleur pneumo Poly post pre pro procto pseudo psycho pulm pyelo pyo ren retro rhin salpingosebum
semin sial soma splen spondyl squam stoma stric sub super supra tachy thel therm thorac thrombo trache trachel trans vas vesic viscera -
Laymen's Terms
vein
diaphragm
pleura of lung
lung
many
behind
before
forward
rectum
false
mind,soul
lung
bowl of kidney
pus
kidney
backward
nose
tube
wax, suet
seed
saliva
body
spleen
spine
scaly
mouth
narrowing
below
above
above
rapid
nipple
heat
thorax
clot
trachea
neck
across
vessel
bladder, sac
organ
Medical Suffix
- algia
- cele
- centesis
- crine
- dactyl
- dema
- desis
- duct
- dynia
- ectasis
- ectomy
- emia
- genic
- gram, - graph
- itis
- lysis
- malacia
- megaly
- oid
- ology
- olysis
- oma
- osis
Layman's Term
pain
swelling
puncture
secrete within
finger,toe
swelling (fluid)
surgical fixation
opening
pain
enlargement
surgical removal
blood
source, origin
picture
inflammation
separation
softening
enlarged
like, similar
study of
breakdown
tumor
disease, condition
Medical Suffix
- ostomy
- pathy
- penia
- pexy
- phagia
- phasia
- phobia
- phrenia
- physis
- plasty
- plegia
- ptosis
- rrhagia
- rrhaphy
- rrhea
- rrhexis
- sarcoma
- sclerosis
- scope
- spasm
- stasis
- tripsy
- uria
Layman's Term
surgical opening
Disease
Deficiency
fixation (tissue)
Swallow
speech disorder
Fear
mental disorder
growth(physical)
plastic surgery
Paralysis
dropping down
hemorrhage
suture, stitch
Flowing
Rupture
tumor, cancer
Hardening
picture, inspection
Contraction
stoppage
crushing
urine