Medical Terminology
Word Roots
Prefixes
Suffixes
WORD ROOTS (a-c)
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aden:
angio:
arterio:
arthro:
carcin:
cardio:
cephal:
cerebro:
gland
blood vessel
artery
joint
cancer
heart
head
brain
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chem:
chole:
colo:
costo:
cranio:
cyan:
cysto:
cyte:
drug
gall, bile
colon
ribs
skull
blue
bladder, sac
cell
WORD ROOTS (d-m)
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derma: skin
entero: intestine
epidemi: among the
people
erythro: red
gastro: stomach
gingiva: gum
gloss:
tongue
glyco:
sugar
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hepat: liver
hemo: blood
hydro: water
hystero: uterus
leuko: white
lingua: tongue
mamm, mast: breast
myelo: bone
marrow
myo:
muscle
WORD ROOTS (n-t) last group
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nephro, ren:
neuro:
ocul,opthal:
oophor:
odont, dent:
osteo:
oto:
kidney
nerve
eye
ovary
tooth
bone
ear
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ped,pod: foot
phelb: vein
pneumo, pulm: lung
psych: mind, soul
rhin:
nose
salpingo: tube
thorac: thorax, chest
trach:
trachea
PREFIXES (a-e)
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a,an:
ab:
ad:
ante:
anti:
aut:
bi:
brady:
without
away from
toward
before
against
self
both, two
slow
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circum: round
contra: against
di:
two
diplo:
double
dys: painful, difficult
ecto:
outside
endo, intra:
inside
epi:
upper, above
PREFIXES (h-o)
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hemi:
half
hyper: excessive,
above, more than
hypo:
deficient,
below, less than
inter:
between
later:
side
lipo:
fat
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mal:
bad, difficult
mega/macro: large
micro: small
mono, uni: one, single
neo:
new
ortho: straight
PREFIXES (p-u) last group
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peri:
around
poly:
many, much
post:
behind, after
pre: before, in front of
pro:
forward
pseudo: false
retro:
backward,
behind
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semi:
sub:
tachy:
tele:
trans:
ultra:
half
below
fast
distant, far
across
beyond,
excess
SUFFIXES (a-g)
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a, ac, al:
alagia:
ase:
centre:
cide:
cente:
dipsia:
pertaining to
pain
enzyme
puncture
causing
death
puncture
thirst
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ectomy: surgical
removal
emesis: vomit
emia:
blood
esthesia: sensation
genesis, genic: orgin,
source
gram, graph: pictures,
record
SUFFIXES (i-o)
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ia: a disease
iasis:
abnormal
condition
ism:
state of
itis: inflammation
lysis:
destruction
malacia: softening
megaly: enlarged
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oid:
like, similar
ologist: specialist
ology: study of
oma:
tumor
orrhagia: hemorrhage
orrhea: flow
osis:
condition of
ostomy: surgical opening
SUFFIXES (p-u) last group
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pathy: disease
penia: deficiency
phobia: fear
plasty: surgical repair
plegia: stroke,
paralysis
pnea:
breathing
ptosis: drooping down
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sclerosis: hardening
scope: picture,
inspection
stasis: stoppage
toxic:
poisonous
trophy: development,
growth
uria:
urine